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The Statute Law, Study for Right Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York
Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)
1898
- Medium
- Brush and oil, pen and red ink on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 31.7 × 81.6 cm (12 1/2 × 32 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Allyn Cox
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
The central alleogrical figure represents The State, robed and cronwed, pointing to the statue book. Her supporters hold the ballot box and the sword. The allegorical figures to either side represent Liberty and Force, the foundations of the state. Liberty is shown releasing birds from a cage. Force appears in an helmet, bearing a bough of oak. Wreaths with emblems in the corners.
