File:Initial S- A Woman Leaving Her Husband's House - Google Art Project.jpg
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[edit]Initial S: A Woman Leaving Her Husband's House
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| Artist |
Unknown – illuminator |
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| Title |
Initial S: A Woman Leaving Her Husband's House |
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| Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
This historiated initial S opens a chapter dealing with the rights of a husband or wife to household property. A woman leaves her husband, taking with her a curtain. She appears three times, removing the red drape at the left, then exiting the house, and finally leaning over the drape in her new home at the far right. According to the text, if a woman leaves her husband, he has the legal right to take back both her and his possessions. In the center of the composition, the abandoned husband, accompanied by a bondsman, speaks to the head of the woman's new household about reclaiming his property. The artist astutely used color to make associations among the characters. The husband's clothing and his property are red, while the other man is shown in blue. The wife wears both colors, indicating her conflicted legal status. A woman of the Middle Ages spent much of her life under the guardianship of a man, first her father and then her husband, severely limiting her personal legal rights and economic power. |
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| Date | about 1290 - 1310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 365 mm (14.37 in); width: 240 mm (9.44 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj5197 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | dwESCB4XDIyMuw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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