Fortitude, from The Virtues
An engraving of a standing female figure in flowing drapery who grips a broken or upended column across her shoulder, with a rocky landscape and cloudy sky behind her. Fine parallel hatching models the robes and ground, and a Latin inscription appears in the lower margin.
- Artist
- Jacob Matham
- Date
- c. 1593
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2256 px
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: Fortaleza, de Las Virtudes
Un grabado de una figura femenina de pie, con ropajes fluidos, que sostiene una columna sobre el hombro, con un paisaje rocoso y un cielo nublado detrás. El sombreado de líneas paralelas modela las telas y el terreno, y una inscripción en latín aparece en el margen inferior.
Português: Fortaleza, de As Virtudes
Uma gravura de uma figura feminina em pé, com vestes fluidas, que segura uma coluna sobre o ombro, com paisagem rochosa e céu nublado ao fundo. Hachuras paralelas modelam as roupas e o terreno, e uma inscrição em latim aparece na margem inferior.
