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Engraved print of a draped woman in a long robe carrying a large column over her shoulder, with a rocky landscape behind her.

Fortitude, from The Virtues

An engraving of a standing female figure in flowing drapery who grips a broken or upended column across her shoulder, with a rocky landscape and cloudy sky behind her. Fine parallel hatching models the robes and ground, and a Latin inscription appears in the lower margin.

Artist
Jacob Matham
Date
c. 1593
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2256 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1598).
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

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