Triarie femme de lucius vitellus · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Triarie femme de lucius vitellus
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image depicts ships approaching a large walled city with soldiers on both the wall and the ships. This image appears in the chapter regarding Triaria, the wife of Lucius Vitellius who was the brother of the Roman emperor Vitellius. When her husband Lucius went to war, Triaria devotedly followed him into battle. Triaria was armed with a sword and fought mercilessly, killing brutally and in great numbers.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25531
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_25531_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Triaria; Lucius Vitellius; Important Women; Famous Women