# The Triumph of Wisdom over Fortune [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VEEN, Otto van]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 24 x 35 cm ## Commentary The male figure in this work is identifiable as Hercules by his club. The Medusa shield he holds is the attribute of Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and the female figure is identifiable as Fortune by her cornucopia, thus bearing out the inscription, lower right: Sapienzia Fortuna uictricx. ## Related artworks - [A Lady Bitten by a Parrot]() - [Albert VII, Archduke of Austria]() - [Distribution of Herring and White Bread during the Siege of Leiden]() - [Emblem]() - [Lycurgus Demonstrares the Importance of Education]() - [Portrait of Nicolaas Rockox]() - [The Artist Painting, Surrounded by his Family]() - [The Last Supper]() - [Xantippe Dousing Socrates]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()