Lisabetta
Summary
A young woman in loose robes leaning forward and frowning over her bare right shoulder as she carries away the head of a dead man, holding it in her right hand. Lisabetta is the heroine character from the Decameron, (4th Day, 5th Tale) who falls in love with her brothers' friend Lorenzo, who is beheaded by them when the affair is discovered. After he reveals his fate to her in a dream she recovers his head and buries it in a pot, planting it with basil, and finally dies of grief.
Object Name
Lisabetta
Creators Name
Date Created
1740-1765
accession number
1920.493
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920