This painting is the second part of a set of works illustrating the last story of Boccaccio's ' Decameron' (see also ' The Story of Patient Griselda' Parts I & III). They may have been let into the wainscoting of a room, or have decorated 'spalliere'. The scene depicts the marquis putting Griselda's obedience to the test by giving her baby to a servant, & making her believe it is to be killed. The marquis pretends to dissolve the marriage, & instructs her to return to her father's house.