Sempronie feme romanie · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sempronie feme romanie
Subject: Music; Important Women; Famous Women; Sempronia; Harp
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This illumination depicts a Roman woman named Sempronia as she plays the harp. Boccaccio explains that Sempronia was incredibly skilled at dancing and singing and would charm anyone that would hear her music abilities. There are two figures on the left side of the image looking into the window to listen to Sempronia’s music.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18088
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_18088_OBJ.jpg