De Sabia poppea neronis cesaris coniuge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Sabia poppea neronis cesaris coniuge
Subject: Famous Women; Sabina Poppaea; Emperor Nero; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This engraving depicts two separate events. The scene on the left side of the engraving depicts a woman named Sabina Poppaea, a woman of noble birth, seducing emperor Nero. She was incredibly beautiful, as well as cunning. She sought power and found it by marrying emperor Nero, although she did not hold her power for long. The right side of the engraving depicts her tragic fate, as emperor Nero kicks a pregnant Sabina Poppaea, which ends up killing her. Sabina Poppaea’s name, written as “Sabina Popea”, is engraved above her head, and Nero’s name is engraved by his feet.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:16701
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_16701_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Sabina Poppaea; Emperor Nero; Important Women