
Three Sketches: Fortitude, a Sandal, and Grotesques
A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash on buff paper shows a standing armored female figure with a lion at her feet, beside scrolling grotesque ornament and a sketched sandal. The figure wears a helmet and holds a shield and a sprig of foliage.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1560/69
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1998 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1569).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
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