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Three of the surviving panels showed Roman heroines – Marcia, Tanaquil and Cornelia. They probably originally decorated the back of a bench seat. Marcia personified the virtues of marital fidelity and wifely obedience as well as fruitful maternity. She was first married to Marcus Porcius Cato and then at his own suggestion married his friend Hortensius. When Hortensius died Marcia returned to Cato. The paintings of the three heroines each contain a Latin couplet in gilt lettering, most likely composed by the scholar who devised the decorative scheme for the bedchamber.
Title
Marcia
Date
about 1519
Medium
Oil on canvas and Sundeala board, transferred from wood
Measurements
H 92.1 x W 53.3 cm
Accession number
NG6369
Acquisition method
Acquired by application of the 1956 Finance Act, 1965
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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