The personification of Justitia sits, with her attributes sword and balance, on a rearing horse, throwing her off his back. She falls to the ground. The horse has a globe on his head. The example for this print is part of a series of four in which the world without self-control is treated as a theme. Emblem no. 2 from Emblemata Saecularia, 1611, Justitia falls from a rearing horse IN PEIUS RECIDUNT ET RETRO CUNCTA FERUNTUR, Emblemata saecularia, 1611 (series title)., print maker: Johann Theodor de Bry, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Maarten van Heemskerck, Oppenheim, 1611, paper, engraving, h 94 mm × w 105 mm.
The personification of Justitia sits, with her attributes sword and balance, on a rearing horse, throwing her off his back. She falls to the ground. The horse has a globe on his head. The example for this print is part of a series of four in which the world without self-control is treated as a theme. Emblem no. 2 from Emblemata Saecularia, 1611, Justitia falls from a rearing horse IN PEIUS RECIDUNT ET RETRO CUNCTA FERUNTUR, Emblemata saecularia, 1611 (series title)., print maker: Johann Theodor de Bry, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Maarten van Heemskerck, Oppenheim, 1611, paper, engraving, h 94 mm × w 105 mm