Von Virginea der junckfrawen · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Von Virginea der junckfrawen
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: Verginia, a noble Roman woman is depicted in this engraving in both the right-hand and left-hand scenes. Boccaccio explains that Verginia, despite being a noble woman, was cast out of a temple in Rome by the other noble patrician women due to her being married to a plebeian man. The left side of the engraving depicts Verginia at the altar with noble women surrounding her as they cast her out of the temple. The right side of the engraving looks similar to the left side; however, the right side depicts Verginia with plebeian women. After being cast out of the Patricia Pudicitia temple, Verginia created her own temple and altar named it the Plebeia Pudicitia, and opened it up to the plebeian class.
Image Creator: Joerg Breu (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:26042
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_26042_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Verginia; Important Women; Famous Women; Plebeian; Patrician; Temples