Title

'Sigismonda, with the heart of her husband', 1833. Artist: TW Shaw

Caption

'Sigismonda, with the heart of her husband', 1833. Engraving after Hogarth's 'Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo' of 1759, inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, written in the mid 14th century.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1833

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C33_189

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,9Mb) / 13,7in x 14,2in / 4104 x 4247 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people arts marriage heart death century literature lady concept mourning B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W widow 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Decameron Sigismunda The Decameron Sigismonda engraving portrait Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth TW Shaw T W Shaw Shaw TW Shaw T W Boccaccio engraving portrait