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Fortitude, at top wearing a helmet and holding a sword and shield, two putti on a cannon at left, a half-nude man holding an arrow atop a lion below, after frescoed pendentives of the Cardinal Virtues (1627–30) by Domenichino in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari, Rome

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
ca. 1650–92
Not on view

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  • Title: Fortitude, at top wearing a helmet and holding a sword and shield, two putti on a cannon at left, a half-nude man holding an arrow atop a lion below, after frescoed pendentives of the Cardinal Virtues (1627–30) by Domenichino in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari, Rome
  • Artist: Pietro del Po (Italian, Palermo 1610–1692 Naples)
  • Artist: After Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (Italian, Bologna 1581–1641 Naples)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1650–92
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 26 in. × 20 1/16 in. (66.1 × 50.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2469
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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