De Opis: mujer de Saturno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Opis: mujer de Saturno
Subject: Famous Women; Ops; Opis; Saturn; Jupiter; Titan; Gods; Goddesses; Roman Mythology; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: Ops, wife of the god Saturn, is depicted laying in a bed after just having given birth to her children: Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. We know the woman lying in the bed is Ops as her name is engraved directly beside the curtains of the bed. Baby Jupiter is illustrated being carried away by a servant with his name engraved just beside the person carrying him. Boccaccio’s story explains that Saturn and Ops’ brother, Titan, planned to kill the children to avoid them growing up and defeating them. Saturn is illustrated with his hands outstretched towards baby Jupiter. Titan is on the opposite side of Ops’ bed with a sword in his hand. His name is written as Titanus beside his head.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:13808
Language: spa
Source Name: De Las Mujeres Ilustres [On Famous Women]
Parent Collection: 1494 Mujeres Ilustres
Image: mta_13808_OBJ.png