Saphonisbe feme appulienne · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Saphonisbe feme appulienne
Subject: Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; Sophonisba
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: North Africa; Ancient Rome; Italy; Numidia
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of Sophonisba, the queen of Numidia. She is illustrated wearing a crown and holding a scepter in her left hand to signify her royal status. Sophonisba is famous for her death, as she willingly drank a poison given to her by her husband to avoid dying at the hands of her enemies, the Romans.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18080
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_18080_OBJ.jpg