Fortitude (Botticelli)

Fortitude

Artist	Sandro Botticelli
Year	1470
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	167 cm × 87 cm (66 in × 34 in)
Location	Uffizi, Florence

The Fortitude is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, finished in 1470. It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi, in Florence. Fortitude is the first recorded work by Botticelli.

This work originally belonged to a set of seven panels representing Virtues, intended to decorate the Tribunal Hall of Piazza della Signoria in Florence. The other six panels are painted by Pietro Pollaiolo's workshop.

The woman represented in Fortitude could be Lucrezia Donati.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ McGowan, Kathleen (July 8, 2010). The Poet Prince. Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 9780857200167.
↑ Soares, Átila (June 25, 2014). "Teria Sido Uma Quase Noviça, amante de Leonardo da Vinci?". Fanfulla (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2018.

External links

Museum website

Sandro Botticelli
List of works
Secular	Fortitude Primavera Pallas and the Centaur Venus and Mars The Birth of Venus Calumny of Apelles Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli (manuscript) The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts The Story of Virginia The Story of Lucretia
Religious	Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi) St. Sebastian Life of Esther Saint Augustine in His Study (Ognissanti) Sistine Chapel: Temptations of Christ, Youth of Moses and Punishment of the Sons of Corah Cestello Annunciation Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Munich) Saint Augustine in His Study (Uffizi) Holy Trinity (Pala delle Convertite) Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Milan) The Last Communion of Saint Jerome The Mystical Nativity Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius
Madonnas	Madonna and Child with an Angel Madonna della Loggia Madonna and Child Madonna in Glory with Seraphim Madonna of the Rosegarden (Madonna del Roseto) Madonna and Child and Two Angels Virgin and Child with an Angel Madonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat) Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro) Madonna of the Pomegranate (Madonna della Melagrana) Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist The Virgin and Child with Three Angels (Madonna del Padiglione)
Portraits	Portrait of Smeralda Brandini Young Man (London) Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici Young Man (Washington, D.C.) Young Woman (Frankfurt) Young Man (Palazzo Pitti)
Related	Botticelli Inferno (2016 documentary)

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