Veturia romana matrona · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Veturia romana matrona
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: An old noble Roman woman named Veturia is depicted on the left side of the engraving with her daughter-in law and grandchild beside her. She is illustrated pointing at the man on the right side of the engraving. This man is her son, Coriolanus. Boccaccio explains that after Coriolanus had been exiled from Rome for neglecting the plebian class, he planned an attack on Rome. Veturia, with the help of her daughter-in-law (Volumnia) and grandchild, went to speak with Coriolanus at his camp and convinced him to not go through with the attack. Boccaccio explains that he decided to write on Veturia for her honour as a mother and a woman.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18177
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18177_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Famous Women; Veturia; Coriolanus; Roman Matrons; Mothers; Important Women