Julia des Kaisers Gaij tochter · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Julia des Kaisers Gaij tochter
Subject: Pompey; Julia; Julius Caesar; Important Women; Famous Women; Sacrifice
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This engraving depicts two separate events. The right side of the engraving depicts Pompey the Great participating in a sacrifice of an animal. The man to the left of Pompey is depicted cutting the neck of the animal that he is holding. Boccaccio explains that after Pompey’s garments became stained with the animal’s blood, a servant carried his stained clothes back home to get new ones. Julia, Pompey’s wife and the daughter of Julius Caesar, saw the blood-stained clothing of her husband and immediately thought that he had been murdered. Julia is depicted on the left side of the engraving after having just seen the clothing of her husband. She looks distraught and is depicted mid-fall to the ground. There is a servant beside her who is holding the blood-stained garments of her husband.
Image Creator: Joerg Breu (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18401
Language: ger
Source Name: Ein schöne Cronica oder Hystoribuch von den fürnämlichsten Weybern [A beautiful chronicle or history book of reputable women]
Parent Collection: 1543 Stayner; 1543 Stayner
Image: mta_18401_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Pompey; Julia; Julius Caesar; Important Women; Famous Women; Sacrifice