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Fortitudo (Fortitude), after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitudo (Fortitude)

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Pieter Bruegel d.Ä., Fortitudo, 1560, Tuschfeder in Braun auf Papier, 225 x 296 mm, Inv.-Nr. N 189 (PK), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

nachPieter Bruegel the Elder

Fortitudo (Fortitude), ca. 1560

From the Series "The seven Virtues"

Blatt: 229 x 298 mm
Platte: 224 x 291 mm

Inventory Number: 50281

Object Number: 50281 D

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Fortitudo (Fortitude)
From the Series "The seven Virtues"

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Series: "Die sieben Tugenden"

Production Place

Antwerp

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte unten rechts: BRVEGEL INVENTOR; unten links: COCK EXC; unten mittig: FORTITVDO; darunter: ANIMVM VINCERE, IRACVNDIAM COHIBERE CAETERAQ[UE] VITIA ET AFFECTVS / COHIBERE VERA FORTITVDO EST ·

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit Inventarnummern (50276/50281); daneben Stempel "Brönner's Vermächtnis" (Lugt 307); verso unten rechts Stempelfragment Brönner (Lugt 306); unten links händisch mit Bleistift bezeichnet "278"

Watermark: Mittig rechts PP, senkrecht, mit Vierblatt

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) 18 I/II
NHD (Galle) 314 I/II
Hollstein (III) 137

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Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

11M43Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
48C161column, pillar ~ architecture
47D8(ANVIL)tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: anvil
45C22armour
25FF411dragon
11N3the Seven Deadly Sins (personified)
45Hbattle, fighting in general

Secondary

45K13fortress
34F11man struggling with animals
31A45monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)
11G3angels fighting
45(+22)warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)
45H4putting the enemy to flight
44A31banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.)
11I42the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts'
11D35specific types of crucified Christ (in non-narrative context)
45Bthe soldier; the soldier's life

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26.06.2026