Cleveland Museum of Art
The Kiss of Peace and Justice
Laurent de La Hyre
- Date
- 1654
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- France, 17th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The figures of Peace (burning the weapons of war) and Justice (holding a sword and scales) embrace in a quiet landscape. The Latin inscription under the antique urn reads “Justice and Peace kissed” (referring to an Old Testament verse, Psalms 85:10). The subject may have had political significance: the painting’s date coincides with the end of the Fronde, a period of civil war in France during which the parlement (courts of appeal) and the nobility sought—unsuccessfully—to limit the power of the monarchy While the figures of Peace and Justice may refer to Psalm 85:10, the peaceful, pastoral landscape is described in Psalm 85:12.
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