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

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de marcie qui sut de varron vierge perpetuelle
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Sculpture; Marcia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts the young Roman virgin Marcia holding a mirror in her right hand while she combs her hair with her left. There is a table with painting and sculpting supplies in front of Marcia as she was a painter and is preparing to paint a self-portrait in this image. 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.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20051
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_20051_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Sculpture; Marcia