[Venus Being Admired for her Beauty] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Venus Being Admired for her Beauty]
Subject: Beauty; Roman Mythology; Important Women; Venus
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Cyprus; Ancient Greece
Description: 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.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11981
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11981_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Beauty; Roman Mythology; Important Women; Venus