Book Title: Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550

Image Title: Fortune Triumphs over Virtue

Description: The pictura of this emblem by the Italian jurist and writer Andrea Alciato (1492 – 1550 CE) features the Roman senator Brutus as he plunges onto his sword, having despaired over his defeat at the hands of Julius Caesar. With his last words, he bemoans how virtue only follows fortune.

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