[Marcia Chisels a Statue of a Woman] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Marcia Chisels a Statue of a Woman]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: Marcia, a Roman woman who remained a virgin her entire life, is depicted on the right side of the illustration bent over as she chisels into a sculpture that she is working on. 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. Her sculpting tools are illustrated on the table in front of her.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12018
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12018_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Marcia; Sculpting; Important Women