Sempronie refuse de reconnaître un de ses neveux · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sempronie refuse de reconnaître un de ses neveux
Subject: Refusal; Family; Sempronia; Noble
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: When there were attempts to stain the family name by having Sempronia identify and recognize a third nephew, she refused to do the deed regardless of consequence or command. In the image, Sempronia is seen in a red gown standing with her back to two men who are attempting to have her identify a third nephew. In front of her is the nephew that she refuses to recognize.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20207
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20207_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Refusal; Family; Sempronia; Noble