Artus QuellinusFlemish, 1609–1668Het oordeel van Junius Brutus
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Het oordeel van Junius Brutus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
The most elaborately ornamented space in the Town Hall was the Vierschaar (Tribunal), where death sentences were pronounced. Three marble reliefs above the seats of the judges illustrate exemplary verdicts from antiquity or the Bible. This is the model for the relief of the Judgement of Brutus, a Roman consul who had his own sons beheaded for conspiring against him – a paragon of justice.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BK-AM-51-21
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
