De Sulpicia Fuluii coniuge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Sulpicia Fuluii coniuge
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This engraving depicts Sulpicia, a woman renown for her chastity, consecrating a statue of Venus. Sulpicia is depicted on the right-hand side of the engraving with her hands reaching out towards the nude statue of Venus. We know that these figures are Sulpicia and Venus as their names are engraved above their heads. There are doves illustrated flying above the statue of Venus as dove’s are known to be one of many symbols of the goddess. There is a group of women depicted behind Sulpicia as they were all chosen as some of the most chaste women of their time, and they all voted for Sulpicia to be the one to consecrate the statue.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11969
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11969_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Sulpicia; Roman Legends; Chastity; Important Women