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Fortitude

(Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
(Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 18.8 x 13.4 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.6 x 14.4 cm (7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6973
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, in diamond shaped tablet upper center: FORTITVDO.; below in box: Fortidtudo Simplicis, via Domini: & pavor his/qui operantur malum. Proverb. 10.; lower right: 6
ProvenanceFranz Jozef von Enzenberg (1802-1879, Innsbruck); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Engraving in Copper
Johannes Stradanus
about 1600
Distillation
Johannes Stradanus
about 1600
Gunpowder
Johannes Stradanus
about 1600
Oil Painting
Johannes Stradanus
about 1600
Printing of Books
Johannes Stradanus
about 1600