Cy apres sensuit de faustine auguste · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit de faustine auguste
Subject: Faustina Augusta; Marcus Aurelius; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This illumination depicts Faustina Augusta standing on the right side of the image wearing a green dress and a crown on her head. She is wearing a crown because she was the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and was honoured with the title of Augusta, the first woman to have that title. She is illustrated standing in front of a person working at a smithing table. Faustina was known to be unfaithful to her husband and was in love with a gladiator. The man forging the weapons in the image is presumably the gladiator Faustina fell in love with. There are three additional figures standing behind the person working at the smithing table looking at Faustina and whispering.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25655
Language: frm
Source Name: Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
Parent Collection: 1401 Florence; 1401 Florence
Image: mta_25655_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Faustina Augusta; Marcus Aurelius; Important Women; Famous Women