Exemplary Women of Antiquity
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Exemplary Women of Antiquity
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Exemplary Women of Antiquity is a set of paintings produced between 1495 and 1500 by Andrea Mantegna. They show the Carthaginian noblewoman Sophonisba poisoning herself to avoid being paraded in a Roman triumph, the Roman Vestal Virgin Tuccia proving her chastity by carrying water in a sieve, Judith with the head of Holofernes and Dido holding Sychaeus's funeral urn. Infrared reflectography has uncovered a signature on the back of Judith reading And.a Mantegnia. P[inxit].. Sophonisba and Tuccia
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Set of paintings by Andrea Mantegna
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exemplary_Women_of_Antiquity
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2024-03-08T12:50:54Z
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