Marcia Varronis · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Marcia Varronis
Subject: Famous Women; Marcia; Varro; Chastity; Sculpting; Painting; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: Marcia, a Roman woman who remained a virgin her entire life, is depicted on the left side of the engraving painting a portrait. Boccaccio explains that Marcia is worthy of renown for her chastity and for her painting and sculpting abilities. She is known to have mostly painted and sculpted figures of women, which is why there is a portrait of a woman wearing a crown in her painting. The right side of the engraving depicts Marcia sculpting a figure of a woman. Her sculpting tools are illustrated on the table in front of her.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18204
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18204_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Marcia; Varro; Chastity; Sculpting; Painting; Important Women