Agrippina germici coniuge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Agrippina germici coniuge
Subject: Famous Women; Agrippina; Tiberius; Germanicus; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This engraving depicts Agrippina, the wife of Germanicus, being forced to eat food. Agrippina is depicted on the right side of the image on her knees as a man holds her head back while the other man is force feeding her with a spoon. The man on the left side of the image is Tiberius, the one who is ordering her to be fed. Tiberius is Germanicus’ father, and after he killed his own son, he sent his daughter-in-law Agrippina to prison. Agrippina decided to starve herself to death to avoid dying at Tiberius’ hands, however, Tiberius force fed her so that she would not die on her own. There is a visible stain on the left side of the engraving which is partially covering Tiberius.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18230
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18230_OBJ.png