26.1965: Fortitude (Fortitudio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

26.1965

People

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)

Title

Fortitude (Fortitudio)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Seven Cardinal Virtues

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1560

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/235911

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 22.4 x 29 cm (8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• (not assigned): inscription: lower left, in plate: COCK EXC
• (not assigned): inscription: lower center, in plate: FORTITVDO
• (not assigned): inscription: lower right, in plate: BRVEGEL INVENTOR
• (not assigned): inscription: lower center, in plate: A NIMVM VINCERE, IRACVNDIAM COHIBERE CAETERAQ VITIA ETAFFECTVS / COHIBERE VERA FORTITVDO EST

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

Bastelaer no. 138; Hollstein 137 (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder); New Hollstein 18 (Pieter Bruegel the Elder); New Hollstein 314 (Philips Galle); Riggs no. 32; Lebeer no. 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz

Object Number

26.1965

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2018 - 03/13/2019
• Beyond Bosch: The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2016 - 05/08/2016

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