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The Kiss of Peace and Justice

The Kiss of Peace and Justice

1654
(French, 1606–1656)
Framed: 68.5 x 89 x 6.5 cm (26 15/16 x 35 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 54.9 x 76.2 cm (21 5/8 x 30 in.)

Description

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
  • Evrard Titon du Tillet, Paris, probably 1762; Randon de Boisset, Receveur General des Finances, Paris (sale: Paris, February 27—March 25, 1777, no. 170); Joulin [Joullain?]; Marquis de Sabran; purchased by J. B. P. Lebrun in 1796 for Mr. Codman (see Literature, 1935); (sale: Christie's, London, November 27,1970, no. 52, illus., and dated 1659); Lady Nathan; [Cyril Humphris, London). John L. Severance Fund, 1971.
  • Mireur, Hippolyte. Dictionnaire des V entes d'Art Faites en France et à l'Étranger Pendant les XVIIIme & XIXme Siècles. Paris: Maison D'Éditions d'Œuvres Artistiques, Ch. de Vincenti, 1911. Mentioned: p. 517
    Wolcott, Cora Codman. A History of the Codman Collection of Pictures. Brookline, Massachusetts: Twin Pines Farm, 1935. Mentioned: p. 2
    Duvaux, Lazare. Livre-journal de Lazare Duvaux. Paris: F. de Nobele (Mayenne, impr. J. Floch), 1965. Mentioned: p. 322 (CCCXXII)
    Dézallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Nicolas. Voyage Pittoresque de Paris. Genève, Minkoff Reprint, 1972. Mentioned: p. 291
    Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. "Laurent de La Hyre: The Kiss of Peace and Justice." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 9 (November 1974): 300-308 Reproduced: p. 300-301, 304, 305, 307; Mentioned p. 302, 306 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 173 archive.org
    Johnson, Mark M. Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980. Mentioned and Reproduced: p, 12-13
    Salerno, Luigi. Pittori di Paesaggio del Seicento a Roma III Landscape Painters of the Seventeenth Century in Rome. Roma: Ugo Bozzi Editore, 1980. Reproduced: p. 948, pl. 33
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned: p. 76-78; Reproduced: p. 77
    Rosenberg, Pierre. France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 158; Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 251-252
    Wright, Christopher. The French Painters of the Seventeenth Century. London: Orbis, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 192
    Sandoz, Marc. Cahiers du Paysage de Montagne: Et de Quelques Sujets Relatifs al la Montagne. Paris: Editart-Les Quatre Chemins, 1987. Reproduced: p. 30, fig. 19; Mentioned: p. 33
    Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. Laurent de La Hyre, 1606-1656: L'Homme et l'Œuvre. Genève: Skira, 1988. Mentioned and Reproduced" p. 332-333, no. 318
    Lavergne-Durey, Valérie. "Les Titon, Mécènes et Collectionneurs à Paris à la fin du XVII et au XVIII Siècles." Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (1989): 77-102 Reproduced: p. 88, fig. 11
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 98 archive.org
    Chong, Alan. European and American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 123
    Borys, Stephen. The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800. Oberlin College, Ohio : Allen Memorial Art Museum, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 116-117
  • New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 26-August 22, 1982: "French Painting in the 17th Century," cat. # 34, pp. 251-252, repr. clr. p. 158 Also to: Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago, 9/18-11/28/82
    Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (6/19/2005 - 6/19/2005) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (7/15/2005 - 10/15/2005): "The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1640-1800"
    The Splendor of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1640-1800. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (March 19-June 19, 2005); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (July 15-October 15, 2005).
    Laurent De La Hyre. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (organizer) (January 14-April 10, 1989).
    Grenoble, France, Musee de Grenoble, January 13-April 3, 1989: "Laurent de La Hyre," cat. #
    Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).
    CMA, 1972: "Year in Review for 1971," Bull., LIX (Jan., 1972), p. 42, no. 53, repr. p. 12.
    Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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