A woman wearing a crown and a dress covered with the letter F, walks inside an open loggia where she is followed by two men; representing Fortune. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after C. Ciappori after an unidentified artist.

Boethius

[1858]

1 print : chromolithograph

Wellcome Collection

A representation of the goddess Fortune in Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae, II.1, where Philosopy reminds Boethius that when Fortune flattered him, he used to assail her with manly words and opinions from the temple of Philosphy: "Solebas enim praesentem quoque blandientemque virilibus incessere verbis eamque de nostro adyto prolatis insectabare sententiis". However other features of fortune shown here are not derived from Boethius: the letter F on her robe, and the division of her body into bright and dark sides