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title: "Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina
author: Caroline Léna Becker (Photographer)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1354/whore-empress-sculpture-of-valeria-messalina/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# "Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina

_Authored by Caroline Léna Becker (Photographer)_

## Image File

[!["Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1354.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1354.jpg)

## Image Caption

Modern marble [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) (1884 CE) depicting [Valeria Messalina](https://www.worldhistory.org/Valeria_Messalina/), by Eugène Cyrille Brunet (1828–1921). Museum of Fine Arts, Rennes.

## Cite This Work

### APA
(Photographer), C. L. B. (2013, July 16). "Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1354/whore-empress-sculpture-of-valeria-messalina/>
### Chicago
(Photographer), Caroline Léna Becker. ""Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 16, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1354/whore-empress-sculpture-of-valeria-messalina/>.
### MLA
(Photographer), Caroline Léna Becker. ""Whore Empress" Sculpture of Valeria Messalina." *World History Encyclopedia*, 16 Jul 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1354/whore-empress-sculpture-of-valeria-messalina/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messalina_by_Eug%C3%A8ne_Cyrille_Brunet.JPG) by [**Caroline Léna Becker (Photographer)**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messalina_by_Eug%C3%A8ne_Cyrille_Brunet.JPG). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 16 July 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.