De Semiramide Regina Assyriorum · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Semiramide Regina Assyriorum
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Assyria
Description: Queen Semiramis of Assyria, perhaps the original inventor of chastity belts, sits with two women on the left of the scene. She often successfully dressed as her son, as they shared many similarities both in appearance and voice, to be able to participate in battle. Her son, which was her in disguise, was celebrated for this, as seen in the statue that depicts her dressed as her son, but she was chastised for being promiscuous in her female identity.
Image Creator: Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut engraving
Identifier: mta:18513
Language: lat
Source Name: Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1539 Apiarius; 1539 Apiarius
Image: mta_18513_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Queen Semiramis; Chastity; Battle