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Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0328.366
Title
Series:
The Seven Virtues
Description
Fortitude (Fortitudo); a winged and armoured allegorical figure stands atop a dragon in centre foreground with an anvil on her head and a pillar in her right hand; around her men and women battle the Seven Deadly Sins; in the centre background a fortress flying the flags of the four Evangelists; first state before reworking of inscription; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1560 Engraving
Producer name
Attributed to:
Philips Galle
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Hieronymus Cock
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1560
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
222 millimetres
Width:
290 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the series see 1868,0328.372. The preparatory drawing is in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, signed and dated 1560
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(18.I)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(137)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(36)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(137)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(32)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Esdaile
(L.2617)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
R Brandt
(L.2191)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0328.366