De Hecuba regina troianon · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Hecuba regina troianon
Subject: Hecuba; The Trojan War; Greek Mythology; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Asia Minor; Troy
Description: This engraving depicts Hecuba, the queen of Troy, on the left-hand side of the engraving with her hands pulling at her hair in grief as she sees her dead children and husband on the ground. We know that this is Hecuba as her name is engraved beside her head, and because she is wearing a crown. The city of Troy is illustrated in the background of the engraving, burning to the ground as it is engulfed in flames from the Greeks taking the city. The word “Troya” is engraved above the city. Her children Paris, Polites, and Deiphobus are among the figures laying on the ground. Their names are engraved in order to identify them. Priam, Hecuba’s husband, is also among those figures. Deiphobus, who’s body is in the bottom right-hand corner of the engraving, had his ears and nose cut off which is why his face is depicted the way it is in the engraving.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11942
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11942_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Hecuba; The Trojan War; Greek Mythology; Important Women