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Detail from The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow (1864), created by John Everett Millais, engraved and printed by the Dalziel Brothers (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
John Everett Millais The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow is almost as intriguing as Jesus parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice from an unjust judge who does not fear God or respect other human beings. The judge refuses the widow s repeated petitions but eventually grants her justice so she will not wear him out (Luke 18:2-5).
In Millais image, the judge sits with his legs crossed on a throne-like cushioned chair. He wears fine clothes, pointed slippers and a bejeweled hat. His right hand pushes the woman away, and his left hand is upraised in effect telling her to stop, that he has heard enough and that his answer is no. His head turns from her, and his smiling face reflects a haughty, superior disdain for her pleas.
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