Penthasillee royne des amazones · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Penthasillee royne des amazones
Subject: Amazons; Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; The Trojan War; Penthesilea; Hector
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Troy; Asia Minor
Description: This illumination depicts Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, riding a horse while pointing her bow behind her. Penthesilea, as Boccaccio describes, was a great warrior. She wanted to secure a strong heir for the Amazons, so she sought out Hector of Troy to provide her with an heir. She fought in a battle against the Greeks to prove herself worthy of bearing Hectors child. She died in battle trying to impress Hector.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17150
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17150_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Amazons; Important Women; Important Queens; Famous Women; The Trojan War; Penthesilea; Hector