[Julia Seeing Pompey’s Blood-Stained Cloak] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Julia Seeing Pompey’s Blood-Stained Cloak]
Subject: Julius Caesar; Pompey; Sacrifice; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illustration depicts Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar, kneeling in despair after seeing the blood-stained cloak in front of her which is being held by a servant. The blood-stained cloak belongs to her husband, Pompey the Great. After seeing the blood on the cloak, Julia believed her husband must have been violently murdered. Pompey was sacrificing an animal, and when his clothes got stained by the animal's blood, a servant took his dirty clothes away to get new ones. The servant happened to pass by Julia while holding the cloak stained with animal blood. Before the servant can explain that it is not her husband’s blood, Julia falls to the ground and dies.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:16723
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_16723_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Julius Caesar; Pompey; Sacrifice; Important Women; Famous Women