De Virginea Lucci Volupini coniuge · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Virginea Lucci Volupini coniuge
Subject: Patrician Class; Plebeian Class; Verginia; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: Verginia, a noble Roman woman is depicted in this engraving in both the right-hand and left-hand scenes. Her name is engraved as Virginea at the bottom on both sides. Boccaccio explains that Verginia, despite being a noble woman, was cast out of a temple in Rome by the other noble patrician women due to her being married to a plebeian man. The right side of the engraving depicts Verginia at the altar with noble women surrounding her as they cast her out of the temple. The left side of the engraving looks similar to the right side; however, the left side depicts Verginia with plebeian women. After being cast out of the Patricia Pudicitia temple, Verginia created her own temple and altar named the Plebeia Pudicitia, and opened it up to the plebeian class.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11965
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11965_OBJ.png