Arthemisia der Künigin inn Caria · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Arthemisia der Künigin inn Caria
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Caria; Anatolia; Halicarnassus
Description: Artemisia was married to Mausolus, the king of Caria. Boccaccio explains that when he died, Artemisia was so grieved by his death that instead of putting his ashes in an urn after his cremation, she drank the ashes in order to be closer to him. The left side of the engraving depicts Artemisia cremating her husband’s body in a fire. Mausolus’ head is visible in the fire. Artemisia is illustrated scooping her husband’s ashes. The right side of the engraving depicts Artemisia drinking her husband’s ashes.
Image Creator: Joerg Breu (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18363
Language: ger
Source Name: Ein schöne Cronica oder Hystoribuch von den fürnämlichsten Weybern [A beautiful chronicle or history book of reputable women]
Parent Collection: 1543 Stayner; 1543 Stayner
Image: mta_18363_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Artemisia; Important Women; Famous Women; Mausolus; Important Queens; Devotion; Cremation