Sujet

Messalina, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Légende

Messalina, 1895. 'Probably intended as one of the illustrations to the Sixth Satire of Juvenal', privately printed by Leonard Smithers. Messalina (died 48 AD) was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, and was notorious for her sexual appetite. In the "Sixth Satire", Juvenal describes her nightly excursions from the Imperial Palace to work as a whore in a local brothel. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Amanda Waite

Notre référence

HRM22A17_496

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,1Mo (1,9Mo) / 27,6cm x 42,7cm / 3263 x 5045 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual Italy Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenalis Decimus Junius female women woman people arts night country Rome art book clothes British feathers design feather royal dress Roman location century Art Nouveau Britain clothing literature royalty concept topless corset time of day B&W full length full-length cloak publishing 19th century ostrich feather graphic design black & white black and white B W Empress nineteenth century illustration satire ostrich feathers Walker Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Smithers publishing house Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Valeria Messalina Messalina Valeria Bodley Head Shirley Markham Leonard R. A. Walker R. A. Rainforth Armitage Walker Rainforth Armitage 19th-century Decadent movement Leonard Smithers Leonard Charles Smithers Leonard Charles