# Fortitude

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RUSCONI, Camillo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Stucco

## Commentary

Rusconi represented Fortitude as female - most abstract qualities are of the feminine gender in Latin. His Fortitude is a rather conventional Minerva-like figure in armour.

## Related artworks

- [Apostle St Matthew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/apostle-st-matthew-r4267c4aeb8685f>)
- [St Andrew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/st-andrew-rde5afebccd3e48>)
- [St James the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/st-james-the-great-rdbc1d0625210b0>)
- [St John the Evangelist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/st-john-the-evangelist-r0db5f3ca94c338>)
- [Tomb of Gregory XIII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/tomb-of-gregory-xiii-r2ba603de474e6e>)
- [Tomb of Gregory XIII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rusconi-camillo-rae3c8337a8b65f/tomb-of-gregory-xiii-r7df4c4dbefc004>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)