Sabina poppea neronis cesario coniuge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sabina poppea neronis cesario coniuge
Subject: Emperor Nero; Nero; Important Women; Famous Women; Noble Women; Sabina Poppaea
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. Emperor Nero is depicted kicking a pregnant Sabina Poppaea out of rage, which ends up killing her.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18234
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18234_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Emperor Nero; Nero; Important Women; Famous Women; Noble Women; Sabina Poppaea