Fortitude and Justice
Hans Speckaert
before 1577
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash
Dimensions
16-1/8 x 10-7/16 in. (41.0 x 26.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Katrin Bellinger, 1999
Accession Number
1999.177
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Hans Speckaert · 1540–1577
Hans Speckaert (c. 1540–c. 1577) was a Flemish Renaissance painter from Brussels who spent much of his career in Italy. He is recognized as one of the earliest practitioners of Northern Mannerism, distinguished by his portraits, history paintings, and especially his numerous drawings. His fluid, elegant draftsmanship left a lasting mark on contemporary Northern European artists.%20was%20a%20Flemis...