barefootliam on Nostr: This (i think) is Truth or Virtue breaking free of her chains, with the law, royalty, ...

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ridpath-HistoryOfTheWorld-VolIII/pages/373-chapterhead-angel/

This (i think) is Truth or Virtue breaking free of her chains, with the law, royalty, and the nobility to help her (or hinder her, maybe!).

She lacks the scales and blindfold of Justice, and has the manacles and broken chains of Virtue or Truth. And she has bare feet, but I’m not sure that is significant. I do love the way the artist (Hugo Vogel) has put her big toe out of the frame, though.

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