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The story of a peasant woman called Griselda was told in The Decameron, a book written in the mid-fourteenth century. She was put through a series of tests by her rich husband, the Marquis Gualtieri di Saluzzo – we see three of them in this painting. In the background on the left, two tiny babies in white swaddling bandages are secretly carried away; the Marquis told Griselda he had ordered their children to be killed. Next, he pretended that he had annulled their marriage, and Griselda can be seen in the centre returning her wedding ring. She appears again in the next arcade, half-undressed: now divorced she returns her beautiful clothes and, wearing only her underdress, returns to her father’s house. Loyal throughout her ordeal, Griselda became a model of wifely virtue.
Title
The Story of Griselda, Part II: Exile
Date
about 1494
Medium
Oil with some tempera on wood
Measurements
H 61.6 x W 154.3 cm
Accession number
NG913
Acquisition method
Bought, 1874
Work type
Painting
