“History of Virginia”, also known as “The Story of St. Virginia” – a picture with a dramatic plot, belonging to the brush of the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli. The work belongs to the late period of the artist’s work. The painting was performed in a manner characteristic of the early Renaissance period, and combines several scenes from left to right:
Virginia, who became the object of the passion of Senator Appiah Claudius, is attacked by his subordinate Tacitus, who is trying to persuade the girl to reciprocate with her adorer;
The girl refuses to live with him of her own free will;
Tacitus forcibly leads Virginia to a trial under the chairmanship of Appius Claudius, where she is declared a slave;
For Virginia, the father and the bridegroom join in and cry out for justice;
The girl’s father, wishing to preserve the honor of the family, kills her daughter and embarks on a horseback on horseback.
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