[The Roman Woman Sempronia Dancing] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Roman Woman Sempronia Dancing]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illustration depicts Sempronia, a Roman woman, in the centre of the image with her arm in the air as she dances. There is a man depicted on the left side of the image in the background playing some form of instrument for Sempronia to dance to. There are men on the right side of the image watching Sempronia dance. She is wearing a crown to signify her status as her family is of nobility. Sempronia was known for her beauty, dancing and eloquent speeches.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:16722
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_16722_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Dancing; Important Women; Famous Women; Sempronia