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Fortitudo (Fortitude),
after 1560
Peter van der Heyden, ca. 1530–after 1572; born Antwerp, Belgium; died Berchem, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
Published by Hieronymus Cock, 1507–1570; born and died Antwerp, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
Published by Hieronymus Cock, 1507–1570; born and died Antwerp, Belgium
x1938-141
Information
Title
Fortitudo (Fortitude)
Dates
after 1560
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 22 × 28.7 cm (8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Object Number
x1938-141
Place Made
Europe, Belgium, Antwerp
Inscription
Inscribed and titled in plate, lower left to right: COCK EXC / FORTITVDO / BRVEGEL INVENTOR
Two lines of Latin inscribed in plate below image, lower center: ANIMVM VINCERE, IRACVNDIAM COHIBERE CAETERAQ VITIA ETAFFECTVS / COHIBERE VERA FORTITVDO EST.
Reference Numbers
Bastelaer 137; Hollstein 137 (Bruegel); Lebeer 36; New Hollstein 18 (Bruegel), 312 (Galle)
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- René van Bastelaer, Les estampes de Peter Brvegel l’ancien (Bruxelles: G. van Oest & Co., 1908)., no. 83
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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Heer-Kuyl,” Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
, no. 59 - Ludwig Münz, Bruegel: Zeichnungen (Köln: Phaidon Verlag, 1962)., no. 133
- Louis Lebeer, Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l’Ancien (Bruxelles: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1969)., no. 59
- Timothy A. Riggs, Hieronymus Cock, printmaker and publisher (New York: Garland Pub., 1977)., no. 20
- Marjolein Leesberg and Manfred Sellink, "Philippe Galle," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers; Amsterdam: In co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, 2001)., no. 146
- Nadine M. Orenstein and Manfred Sellink, ed., "Pieter Bruegel, the Elder" New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Oudekerk aan den IJssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006)., no. 3
