Messalina, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

Messalina, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley.

2-880-271 - Shirley Markham Collection/Heritage Images

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]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Aubrey Beardsley, attributed to: British, English: Artist, draftsman, illustrator, writer, author
Subject
  1. Valeria Messalina: Italian, Roman: empress
People Related
  1. R. A. Walker: British: Editor, writer
  2. Juvenal: Roman: Poet
  3. Leonard Smithers: British: Bookseller and publisher

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Satires

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3263x5045
File Size : 48,229kb


Aliases

  1. Beardsley052
  1. 0910000471
  1. 2-880-271
  1. 2880271
  1. Beardsley052

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