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Brown wash drawing on blue paper of a seated draped woman flanked by two horned, bearded satyrs in a shallow niche.

Fortitude (or Strength) Flanked by Two Satyrs

A seated woman in a flowing robe holds a rolled cloth or column across her lap, flanked by two bearded satyrs with horned heads standing on either side. The figures are drawn in brown wash with white highlights on blue paper, with faint squaring lines visible.

Artist
Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
Date
c. 1550-1600
Medium
Brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black chalk
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1185 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1699).
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, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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