The Kiss of Peace and Justice

1654

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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.)
Collection no.: 1971.102
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Laurent de La Hyre. The Kiss of Peace and Justice. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Kiss of Peace and Justice — Laurent de La Hyre. 1654.

Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 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.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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