Cy apres sensuit de lavine hystoire roynes des laurentins · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit de lavine hystoire roynes des laurentins
Subject: Aeneas; Ascanius; Important Women; Famous Women; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Lavinia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Laurentum
Description: This illumination depicts Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas and queen of Laurentum, hiding in the forest. Boccaccio explains that after her husband Aeneas died, Lavinia fled to the forest as she was afraid that her stepson would kill her and her newborn son, Silvius. Lavinia was wrong, and Ascanius voluntarily gave the kingdom of Laurentum back to her and helped raise Silvius. Ascanius is depicted holding a crown and scepter and presenting them to Lavinia as he offers her kingdom back.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18452
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_18452_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Aeneas; Ascanius; Important Women; Famous Women; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Lavinia