[The Widow Antonia] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Widow Antonia]
Subject: Antonia; Mark Antony; Octavia; Widows; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This illumination depicts Antonia, the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, standing on the right side of the image wearing black as she mourns the death of her husband, Drusus. Drusus had been away on a military expedition when his older brother, Tiberius, poisoned him. Drusus is on the left side of the image dressed in his armour and military gear as he drinks the poison from the goblet in his hand. Boccaccio wrote on Antonia to praise her for her chastity and remaining a widow for her entire life following her husband’s death.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25520
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
Image: mta_25520_OBJ.jpg