Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues
An engraving of a helmeted female figure leaning on a massive broken column balanced on her shoulder, with a stone block beneath her hand. Fine hatched lines model her drapery and the architectural setting, and a Latin inscription runs along the bottom margin.
- Artist
- Jacob Matham
- Date
- 1597
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2435 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1597).
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, 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
