Marcie qui sut perpetuelle vierge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Marcie qui sut perpetuelle vierge
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illumination depicts the young Roman virgin Marcia holding a chisel in her right hand and a hammer in her left as she sculpts out a figure of a woman. Boccaccio explains that Marcia is worthy of renown for her chastity and for her sculpting and artistic abilities. She is known to have mostly painted and sculpted figures of women, which is why she is sculpting a statue of a woman in the image.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18076
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_18076_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Sculpting; Painting; Marcia