Engraving of a crowned woman in long robes leaning on a column beside a crouching lion, within a decorative border.

Fortitude, plate 36 from Genii and Virtues

An engraving of a crowned female figure in flowing drapery leaning one hand on a fluted column, with a sword at her side and a lion crouched at her feet. Fine parallel hatching shapes the robes and the bordered rectangular field, with the inscription FORTEZA XXXVI along the base.

Artist: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
Date: c. 1465
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1506 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1470).
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, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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