[Lavinia Gives Birth in the Forrest While Aeneas Dies in a River] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Lavinia Gives Birth in the Forrest While Aeneas Dies in a River]
Subject: Lavinia; Aeneas; Important Women; Important Queens
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Laurentum; Ancient Rome
Description: This illustration depicts two different scenes. In the background on the left side, there is a man illustrated on his hands and knees in the Numicius River, looking down as if he is in pain. This man is Aeneas, a Trojan hero. He had been taking part in a war which resulted in injuries that caused his death near this river. Before dying, his wife Lavinia gave birth to their son, Postumus. Lavinia is illustrated in the foreground of the image hiding in the woods as she gives birth. She is holding onto a tree for support as her new born child emerges from under her dress.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11995
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_11995_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Lavinia; Aeneas; Important Women; Important Queens