Curia pleure le mari qu’elle cache · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Curia pleure le mari qu’elle cache
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: When her husband was proscribed, Curia hid him in the walls of their house so that he could not be found. She acted as though he was gone, and her fake mourning had everyone fooled into believing her lie. The image depicts Curia, wearing a green gown, mourning with her friends and family while her husband hides in the walls. He is seen hiding to the far right of the image, wearing purple and red.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20214
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20214_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Loyalty; Deception; Proscription; Marriage; Curia