L’impératrice Faustine, femme légère, déifiée après sa mort · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: L’impératrice Faustine, femme légère, déifiée après sa mort
Subject: Faustinians; Death; Deification; Throne; Faustina
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Halala, Mount Taurus
Description: When Faustina died of an illness, her husband, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, asked to have her deified. She became known as the goddess Faustina, and her priestess followers became known as Faustinians. She was the first Roman woman to receive this treatment. In the image, Faustina’s deified form is seen seated in a throne inside of the temple, accepting praise from her followers. Outside of the temple stands her human form before she died, talking to two men.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20253
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20253_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Faustinians; Death; Deification; Throne; Faustina