Galle, Philippe. Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere caetera[que] vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est

Folger bibliographic ID: 263502
Bastelaer, R. van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien: 137
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Galle 314
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Pieter Bruegel the elder 18
Folger call number: ART 267- 445
Folger holdings ID: 348997
Accession Number: 267445

Fortitude (a winged allegorical figure labeled 'Fortitudo') stands atop a dragon in center foreground with an anvil on her head and a pillar in her right hand. Around her, men and women battle monstrous creatures and animals representing the Seven Deadly Sins (peacock, pig, donkey, turkey, rooster, toad, and bear). In the center background, a fortress flying the flags of the four Evangelists

Edition

[State 1 of 2]

General notes

Title from lettering in lower margin Preparatory drawing in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, signed and dated 1560 From a set of prints depicting the seven virtues by Philippe Galle after Pieter Bruegel, published by Hieronymus Cock, ca. 1559-1560 (New Hollstein) State from New Hollstein

Extended title: Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere caetera[que] vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est Bruegel inuentor
Alternate titles: Fortitude (Fortitudo), Animvm vincere, iracvndiam cohibere caetera[que] vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est, Fortitudo, Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere caeteraq vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est

Fortitude Deadly sins War Animals Supernatural beings

printmaker: Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612
artist: Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569
publisher: Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570