Aemilia Tertia regarde son mari courtiser une serve · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Aemilia Tertia regarde son mari courtiser une serve
Subject: Scipio Africanus; Affairs; Disloyalty; Tertia Aemilia
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Italy
Description: Throughout their marriage, Scipio Africanus cheated on his wife Tertia Aemilia with a young servant girl. Tertia Aemilia found out about his affair, but never spoke about it. She was so composed that even he did not know that his wife had found out. She knew that this news being public would be too unbecoming, so she kept it to herself. In the image, Scipio Africanus embraces the young servant, while Tertia Aemilia watches.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20203
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20203_OBJ.png