Fortitude with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

  • Domenichino, 1581-1641.
Date:
[1725]
Reference:
3086003i
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Description

She holds a sword and a shield. Genii hold (left) a tablet inscribed "humilitas" (humility) and (right) a column. Below, a man with an arrow controls a lion

Publication/Creation

[Rome], [1725]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 52 x 38.8 cm

Lettering

Fortitudo. Elevat oppressos premit haec animosa superbos, Atque feras omnes sola domare solet. Dominichino pinxit in temp.S. Caroli a Catenari. ; Io. Iacobus Freij del. et scul. Romae

References note

Michel Huber, Catalogue raisonné du cabinet d'estampes de feu m. Winckler, Leipzig 1805, vol. 2, pp. 325-326, no. 1505 ("Superbes figures colossales, peintes à fresque dans les angles de l'église de St. Charles de Catenari., Jac. Frey del. et sculp. Rom. 1726. de 21 pouces de haut, sur 15 p. de large. Savante gravure à la pointe et au burin. Belles épreuves et rares")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3086003i

Notes

One print in a set of four prints of the four cardinal virtues by J. Frey after murals by Domenichino in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari in Rome. One of the prints (Justice) bears the date 1725

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