Plate 6: the mother of the gracchi. Interior scene at the house of the gracchi, a group of women seated (embroidering, sewing and one holding a spindle) at centre, tiberius gracchus killing a male snake inside a bowl at left, an elegant household with a double bed and a child in a walking-frame in background; after jan van der straet. 1573
engraving. Date: 1573. Dimensions: Height: 223 mm; Width: 293 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Cornelia Africana. Collection: British Museum. The Celebrated Roman Women (BM 1948,0410.4.55)
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