Lavinia Laurentum regina · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Lavinia Laurentum regina
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Aeneas; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Lavinia
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Laurentum
Description: This engraving depicts Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas and queen of Laurentum, hiding in the forest with her baby in fear of her stepson, Ascanius. Boccaccio explains that after Aeneas died, Lavinia fled to the forest as she was afraid that her stepson would kill her and her newborn son, Silvius. Lavinia was wrong, and Ascanius voluntarily gave the kingdom of Laurentum back to her and helped raise Silvius. Ascanius is pictured on the left side of the engraving with his hand touching a young Silvius’ face with brotherly affection.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18162
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18162_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Aeneas; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Lavinia