De Amalthea virgen sibilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Amalthea virgen sibilla
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This engraving depicts the sibyl Amalthea handing over books to Tarquinius Priscus. We know that these figures are indeed Amalthea and Tarquinius Priscus as their names are engraved beside and above their bodies to identify them. Amalthea, as explained by Boccaccio, brought 9 books for Tarquinius Priscus, and when he failed to pay her the full price, she burned 3 books at a time until he paid her what she was owed. There is a man standing behind Amalthea depicted holding a tree of some sort.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:14677
Language: spa
Source Name: De Las Mujeres Ilustres [On Famous Women]
Parent Collection: 1494 Mujeres Ilustres; 1494 Mujeres Ilustres
Image: mta_14677_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Amalthea; Sibyls; Tarquinius Priscus; Important Women