Anonymous sale, Paris, Estimations Ventes aux Encheres, 20 June 2005, lot 25 (where sold with its pendant, Peace and Justice, as studio of Batoni).

The canvas has a firm relining, the paint surface is dirty and the varnish discoloured. There is a pinprick loss on the right margin, centre, and on the stone on which the signature is inscribed. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals pinprick retouching throughout, particularly concentrated in the lower half of the painting. There is more recent retouching along all four margins, probably to disguise the appearance of frame abrasion. The painting is in overall good condition.
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A period copy after one of Batoni’s original pendants, signed and dated P.B.P 1754, in the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, Hungary, depicting Truth and Mercy, and Peace and Justice. A pair of large-scale autograph copies are now also in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.¹

1. A.M. Clark, Pompeo Batoni. A complete catalogue of his works, Oxford 1985, p. 235, cat. nos 92–95, re𝔍produced figs 91 and 93🔯.