Nyobe fille du roy tantalle et royne des thebeyens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Nyobe fille du roy tantalle et royne des thebeyens
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Roman Mythology; Goddesses; Hubris; Niobe; Latona
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Thebes; Ancient Greece
Description: This illuminated image depicts a portrait of queen Niobe of Thebes. Niobe is famous for having committed hubris against the goddess Latona. Niobe had claimed she was more worthy of praise than the goddess, as she had more children than Latona. As punishment for speaking against a goddess, all of Niobe’s children were killed.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17134
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_17134_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Roman Mythology; Goddesses; Hubris; Niobe; Latona