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Title: Von ope Saturni weib
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Ancient Greece
Description: Ops, wife of the god Saturn, is depicted laying in a bed after just having given birth to her children: Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. We know the woman lying in the bed is Ops as her name is engraved beside the curtains of the bed. Baby Jupiter is illustrated being carried away by a servant with his name engraved beside the person carrying him. Boccaccio’s story explains that Saturn and Ops’ brother, Titan, planned to kill the children to avoid them growing up and defeating them. Saturn is illustrated with his hands outstretched towards baby Jupiter. Titan is on the opposite side of Ops’ bed with a sword in his hand. His name is written as Titanus beside his head.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:17118
Language: ger
Source Name: Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
Parent Collection: 1473 Augsburg; 1473 Augsburg
Image: mta_17118_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Opis; Important Women; Famous Women; Gods; Goddesses; Roman Mythology; Infanticide; Ops