Virginia's death

Title

Virginia's death

Draughtsman

• Elisabeth Sophie Chéron

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• tempera paint
• parchment

Technique

• tempera

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• book illumination
• miniature
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder): E: S: Cheron

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration

Persons Shown

• Virginia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Titus Livius

Illustrated Passage

• Livius: Ab urbe condita, 3,44-58

Primary

• 98C(VIRGINIA)68 death of Virginia: she is stabbed to death by her father, the centurion Virginius, in order to save her from the lust of Appius Claudius, who had her falsely claimed as a slave and was giving judgement in her case

Secondary

• 31E234632 violent death by dagger, knife
• 31AA22611 blood - AA - female human figure
• 41AA11 palace - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 44B152(+0) royal household; courtiers, retinue, train (+ variant)