Agrippine, femme de Germanicus, prisonnière, est nourrie de force · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Agrippine, femme de Germanicus, prisonnière, est nourrie de force
Subject: Suicide; Starvation; Force-Feeding; Prison; Persecution; Agrippina
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Knowing that her imprisonment was undeserved, Agrippina decided that committing suicide was the only escape to her persecution. When she found that she had no instruments, she realized that starving herself was the most effective way to commit suicide. She is seen inside the prison wearing a red gown. She is being force-fed by a man in green on the left, attempting to prolong her life.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20220
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20220_OBJ.png