Keywords: Initial S- A Woman Leaving Her Husband's House - Google Art Project.jpg This historiated initial S opens a chapter dealing with the rights of a husband or wife to household property A woman leaves her husband taking with her a curtain She appears three times removing the red drape at the left then exiting the house and finally leaning over the drape in her new home at the far right According to the text if a woman leaves her husband he has the legal right to take back both her and his possessions In the center of the composition the abandoned husband accompanied by a bondsman speaks to the head of the woman's new household about reclaiming his property The artist astutely used color to make associations among the characters The husband's clothing and his property are red while the other man is shown in blue The wife wears both colors indicating her conflicted legal status A woman of the Middle Ages spent much of her life under the guardianship of a man first her father and then her husband severely limiting her personal legal rights and economic power None 430703 Unknown /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/initial-s-a-woman-leaving-her-husbands-house-unknown/6835154/ Unknown illuminator /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 4 47 55 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/initial-s-a-woman-leaving-her-husbands-house-unknown/6835154/ 1290 about 1290 - 1310 Law and Politics Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment 365 6835154 True 1310 3/25/2012 12 53 18 PM lido getty edu-gm-obj5197 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 5197 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Folio 1290 1320 Spain Creation w240 x h365 cm about 1290 - 1310 False 0 654296875 Part initial-s-a-woman-leaving-her-husbands-house-unknown Initial S A Woman Leaving Her Husband's House i 240 Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment Law and Politics http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id dwESCB4XDIyMuw PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist MS LUDWIG XIV 6 Getty museum - Vidal Mayor S as an initial |