De Sulpicia dueña muy noble · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Sulpicia dueña muy noble
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This engraving depicts Sulpicia, a woman renown for her chastity, consecrating a statue of Venus. Sulpicia is depicted on the left side of the engraving with her hands reaching out towards the nude statue of Venus. We know that these figures are Sulpicia and Venus as their names are engraved above their heads. There are doves flying above the statue of Venus as dove’s are known to be one of many symbols of the goddess. There is a group of women depicted behind Sulpicia as they were all chosen as some of the most chaste women of their time, and they all voted for Sulpicia to be the one to consecrate the statue.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:16683
Language: spa
Source Name: De Las Mujeres Ilustres [On Famous Women]
Parent Collection: 1494 Mujeres Ilustres; 1494 Mujeres Ilustres
Image: mta_16683_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Chastity; Roman Legends; Sulpicia