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Description: | The painting is one of eight panels set into the wall of the Old Library. In the early nineteenth century, the subject was believed to be the education of Pliny's daughter, but neither Pliny had any children. Pliny the Younger did write an epistle about the education of his wife, which included a description of her enjoying her husband's writing because of her love for him, which may be the subject of this painting. At the time the library was decorated, this letter was seen to be an exemplary description of women's learned and loving behaviour towards their husbands. | Subjects: | history; figure (Pliny Calpurnia) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rebecca, Biagio (Italian painter, 1735-1808, active in Great Britain) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8692... | Go to resource |
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