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Engraving of a female allegorical figure beside a column amid a crowded battle, with a walled fortress on a hill in the background.

Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues

An engraved allegorical scene of Fortitude, a female figure standing beside a column inscribed FORTITVDO amid a chaotic battle. Armored soldiers, horsemen and fallen figures fill the foreground, while a walled fortress with towers rises on a hill in the distance.

Artist
Philips Galle
Date
1559
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1303 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1559).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: La Fortaleza, de Las siete virtudes

Una estampa alegórica de la Fortaleza: una figura femenina de pie junto a una columna con la inscripción FORTITVDO, en medio de una batalla caótica. Soldados blindados, jinetes y cuerpos caídos llenan el primer plano, y una fortaleza amurallada con torres se alza sobre una colina al fondo.

Português: Fortaleza, de As Sete Virtudes

Uma gravura alegórica da Fortaleza: uma figura feminina em pé ao lado de uma coluna com a inscrição FORTITVDO, em meio a uma batalha caótica. Soldados blindados, cavaleiros e corpos caídos ocupam o primeiro plano, enquanto uma fortaleza murada com torres se ergue sobre uma colina ao fundo.

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