Sempronie graccene fille te tute · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sempronie graccene fille te tute
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Sempronia. Sempronia was the daughter of the famous Tiberius Gracchus. Boccaccio explains that after her brothers were murdered, Sempronia was brought to trial by a tribune of plebeians. They told her to let herself be kissed by a man named Equitius and accept him as a member of the Sempronian family, however, Sempronia rejects this to protect her family’s honour and nobility. Boccaccio explains that he wrote on Sempronia to highlight her courage and bravery in this situation.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18085
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_18085_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Noble Women; Gracchi; Sempronia