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).
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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

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Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues

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