Porcia (wife of Brutus)
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Portia, occasionally spelled Porcia, especially in 18th-century English literature, was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and his fir
Painting by Elisabetta Sirani
Porcia from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Portia, Wife of Brutus, John William Wright (c. 1849)
Portia is a female protagonist in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. In creating her character, Shakespeare drew from the historical figure of Porcia – the daughter of Cato the Younger – a
Porcia (wife of Brutus)
…John William Wright (c. 1849) Portia is also briefly mentioned in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in regards to the character of her namesake, Portia: In Robert Garnier's play Porcie, she is the heroine of the play, which describes her suicide. In the play, she is devastated to hear of the death of…
Portia by John Everett Millais, 1886
Portia (1888) by Henry Woods
La belle Portia (1886) Alexandre Cabanel
Portia and Shylock, by Thomas Sully