Sulpicia
creator: Pietro Orioli
publisher: Piccolomini family
date: c.1493
contributor: Dr. Adam Rudolphi
rights: Baltimore: Walters Art Museum
format: painting
language: On the framed placard on the front side of the figure's pedestal: SVLPITIA / QUAE FACERE VENERI TEMPLVM CASTAE Q PROBAEQ / SVLPITIA EX TOTA SVM MERITA VRBE LEGI / ARA PVDICITIAE PECTVS SIBI QVODQ PVDICUM EST / TERREA CVNCTA RVVT FAMA DECVSQ MANET ("I am Sulpicia, who from the whole city was deservedly selected to build the temple to the chaste and virtuous Venus. Whatever breast is chaste in itself is an altar of chastity. All earthly things come to ruin but fame and honor remain.")
type: Still Image