
The ceiling tondo Justice by Raffaelo Sanzio in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican Palace. Iustitia, the Roman goddess of justice, is seated with her symbols of the law, the scales of justice that weigh the evidence pro and con and the sword of righteous enforcement. She wears no blindfold in this depiction. The Stanza della Segnatura (or room of the tribunal) takes its name from the highest court of the Holy See that used to meet in this room in the mid-16th century after the frescoes were painted in 1508-1511. (Photo by P. Bower)