Faustine Auguste · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Faustine Auguste
Subject: Faustina Augusta; Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image depicts Faustina Augusta on the right side of the image speaking with a group of three men on the left side of the image. There is no indication as to who these three men are. Faustina Augusta was the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and she was the first woman decreed by the Senate to be granted the title of Augusta. She was known for her beauty and for her infidelity to her husband, as she often engaged with other men, including gladiators.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25532
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_25532_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Faustina Augusta; Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; Important Women; Famous Women