id: 106380 accession number: 1924.432.36 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.36 updated: 2022-01-04 15:00:36.745000 Forteza (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #36), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving, hand-colored with gold; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.36 title: Forteza (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #36) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1467 creation date earliest: 1457 creation date latest: 1467 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century technique: engraving, hand-colored with gold department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I. 36a --- CREATORS * Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lettered below the image of Forteza (Fortitude): [B] / ·FORTEZA·XXXVI· / ·36· translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's opening date: 2002-08-25T00:00:00 Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s." --- PROVENANCE Ex. colls: Unidentified collector's mark (Lugt supplement 2822b); Stroganoff date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This engraving is part of the group marked with the letter “B,” and named Cosmic Principles and the Virtues, which comprises the three Universal principles (Light, Time, and Space) alongside the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity) and the four cardinal ones (Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice). The latter were regarded as the basic Christian principles required for a virtuous life.

Here, Forteza (Fortitude) is represented as a full-length female figure in profile, wearing a lion’s skin on her head and a lion armor. She holds a broken column with her left hand. This gesture alludes to the biblical figure of Samson, who toppled a building, killed his captors, and ultimately himself. Fortitude as a personification of strength is flanked by a lion, her symbol that appears behind her. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.36/1924.432.36_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.36/1924.432.36_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.36/1924.432.36_full.tif