Apres sensuit de marcie qui sut de varron vierge perpetuelle · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apres sensuit de marcie qui sut de varron vierge perpetuelle
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Sculpting; Marcia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts the young Roman virgin Marcia holding a mirror in her left hand while she paints a self-portrait with her right hand. There is a table with painting and sculpting supplies to the left of Marcia. Boccaccio explains that Marcia is worthy of renown for her chastity and for her sculpting and painting abilities. She is known to have mostly painted and sculpted figures of women, which is why she is painting a self-portrait.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18490
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_18490_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Sculpting; Marcia