Thursday, 8 October 2026

Timoclea of Thebes in a 1659 painting by the Bolognese artist Elisabetta Sirani

A woman in a dark dress and diadem tips a man in armour and a red cloak over a stone parapet, with a copper jug below.

Timoclea of Thebes throws her rapist into a well. Elisabetta Sirani, 1659. The Bolognese painter produced a whole series of pictures on historical and mythological subjects devoted to avenging women and women of strength

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