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Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere caetera[que] vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est [graphic] / Bruegel inuentor.

Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612, printmaker.; Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, artist.; Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570, publisher.
1560
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Title
Animum vincere, iracundiam cohibere caetera[que] vitia etafectus cohibere vera fortitudo est [graphic] / Bruegel inuentor.
Variant title
New Hollstein title: Fortitude (Fortitudo)
Edition
[State 1 of 2].
Created/published
[Antwerp] : Cock exc, [1560]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 223 x 290 mm
Associated name
Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612, printmaker.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, artist.
Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
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.
Note
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.
Cited/described in
Bastelaer, R. van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien, 137
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Pieter Bruegel the elder 18
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Galle 314
Genre/form
Prints.
Allegorical prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.

Call number
ART 267- 445 (size M)
Folger accession
267445

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