On découvre que Sulpicie s’est enfuie à la recherche de son mari · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: On découvre que Sulpicie s’est enfuie à la recherche de son mari
Subject: Clothing; Sulpicia; Exile; Escape; Slave
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Sicily
Description: Sulpicia’s husband was exiled, and she was ordered not to follow him. She escaped her mother’s watch by wearing slave's clothing and following after him. It was discovered that she had done this when they found the slave’s clothing on the ground. The image depicts many women discovering the slave’s clothing that lie on the ground in front of them.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20216
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20216_OBJ.png