De Veturia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Veturia
Subject: Veturia; Mothers; Roman Legends; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: An old noble Roman woman named Veturia is depicted on the left-hand side of the engraving with her daughter-in law and grandchild beside her. We know this figure is Veturia as her name is engraved below her feet. She is illustrated pointing at the man on the right-side of the engraving. This man is her son, Coriolanus (his name is engraved above his head). Boccaccio explains that after Coriolanus had been exiled from Rome for neglecting the plebian class, he planned an attack on Rome. Veturia, with the help of her daughter-in-law (Volumnia) and grandchild, went to speak with Coriolanus at his camp and convinced him to not go through with the attack. Boccaccio explains that he decided to write on Veturia for her honour as a mother and a woman.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11961
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11961_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Veturia; Mothers; Roman Legends; Important Women