Busa Camusina von Neapels · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Busa Camusina von Neapels
Subject: Busa; Hospitality; Important Women; Famous Women; War; Hannibal
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Cannae; Canusium; Apulia; Italy
Description: This engraving depicts a woman named Busa on the right side of the image looking at the group of people in front of her. Boccaccio explains that after a city called Cannae was attacked by Hannibal the Carthaginian, the people fled to Canusium. Busa opened her home graciously to the people who fled the danger of war and provided them with hospitality and food. These are the people who are depicted sitting around Busa’s table.
Image Creator: Joerg Breu (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18393
Language: ger
Source Name: Ein schöne Cronica oder Hystoribuch von den fürnämlichsten Weybern [A beautiful chronicle or history book of reputable women]
Parent Collection: 1543 Stayner; 1543 Stayner
Image: mta_18393_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Busa; Hospitality; Important Women; Famous Women; War; Hannibal