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Title: Flora courtisée
Subject: Brothel; Prostitution; Wealth; Hercules
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Flora was believed to have acquired her wealth by working as a prostitute in brothels. She was also believed to have slept with Hercules, and received payment from the next man she saw, who she wound up falling in love with and became his heir when he died. The image depicts Flora, on the right in a blue gown, courting a man in front of a brothel. To the left of the image, another woman does the same with another man.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20192
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20192_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Brothel; Prostitution; Wealth; Hercules