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Title
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[Venus Being Admired for her Beauty]
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Description
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This illustration depicts the goddess Venus (on the left-hand side), being admired by citizens for her beauty. Venus is depicted standing, while the other figures are kneeling down and reaching out towards her. Boccaccio explains that Venus’ beauty was almost unbelievable to witness, and that he wrote on the goddess solely based on her beauty.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:11981
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Source Name
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De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
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Image
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mta_11981_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Beauty
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Roman Mythology
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Important Women
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Venus