De Chloelia Rhomanorum Virgine · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Chloelia Rhomanorum Virgine
Subject: Hostage; Cloelia; Virginity; Equestrian; Rome
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Cloelia, a Roman virgin, is in the center of the photo riding a horse. The horse she rides is helping herself and other hostages to flee to safety from Porsenna, their captor, on the other side of the Tiber river. The women on either side of the river are other captive virgins, including children. The woman on the horse behind Cloelia is a fellow captive virgin.
Image Creator: Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut engraving
Identifier: mta:18565
Language: lat
Source Name: Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1539 Apiarius; 1539 Apiarius
Image: mta_18565_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Hostage; Cloelia; Virginity; Equestrian; Rome