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@artherstory.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:43 PM

Virginia's death, c. 1690, by #ElisabethSophieCheron (French, 1648-1711), who died #otd, Sept 3. Held at the Staedel Museum, sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/virg... #artherstory #womenartists #ElisabethCheron

A tempera on parchment drawing depicting a scene from the classical Roman story of Virginia, a young plebeian woman killed by her father in 449 BC to protect her from the tyrannical lust of a corrupt magistrate. The scene includes 4 male soldiers and 3 women gathered around the figure of Virginia, at the lower right, with her breast bared to show the stab wound that killed her. The artist’s signature appears at the lower right.

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