# The Judgement of Junius Brutus

- By: Artus Quellinus (I) (Antwerp, 1609–1668)
- Date: c. 1650 - c. 1652
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 72 cm x width 83.5 cm x depth 20 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-AM-51-21--d718b9444f33f7b2602e951815e1b7aa)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ZnsaC/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.