[Flora the Prostitute] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Flora the Prostitute]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This illustration depicts a woman named Flora surrounded by men who are touching various parts of her body. There is a man on the right side of the image touching her shoulder, as well as a man behind her touching just below her breast, and another man touching her right arm. Flora herself is pulling her dress up to reveal her leg. Flora was a famous prostitute and gained wealth through this profession.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12016
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_12016_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Flora; Prostitution; Important Women