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: Faustina Augusta, the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, is depicted sitting on the left side of the image wearing a crown as she looks down to three kneeling women. Faustina was highly regarded by the people of Rome, including her husband, who had her deified when she died. After she was deified, her female followers and priestesses were known as “Faustinians.” This image depicts three women kneeling to Faustina to demonstrate her significance to the people of Rome and to women.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25654
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_25654_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Faustina Augusta; Marcus Aurelius; Important Women; Famous Women