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ID: 901000173
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000173
Record Type: Character/Person

Divine Retribution (allegorical character)

Note: One or more characters representing the vengeance of a deity. Common in many religions, punishment is meted out by a deity upon a person or group of people in response to an offence or sin.

Names:
Divine Retribution (allegorical character) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Divine Vengeance (allegorical character) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters> (P)
............Divine Retribution (allegorical character) (I)
Other Relationships:
is personification of .... vengeance
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... divine judgment
.....(religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Divine Retribution (allegorical character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Divine Vengeance (allegorical character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/753/pierre-paul-prud'hon-justice-and-divine-vengeance-pursuing-crime-french-about-1805-1806/

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