Art Institute of Chicago
Fortitude, plate 36 from Genii and Virtues
Master of the E-Series TarocchiLinkedCulture matchlcp-c5fb53e04eac
- Date
- c. 1465
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 11471
This delicate work, designed and engraved by an unknown artist, is from a series of 50 prints erroneously thought to be Tarocchi, a deck of tarot cards. The allegorical figures illustrate the breadth of human knowledge and ability: liberal arts and sciences, cardinal and spiritual virtues, and cosmic powers. Here, the personification of strength wears lion armor and holds a broken column—an allusion to the biblical figure Samson, whose final powerful act was toppling a building, killing his captors and himself.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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