Ypermestre royne des argmens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ypermestre royne des argmens
Subject: Important Queens; Hypermnestra; Priestess; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; The Argives; Argos
Description: This illuminated image depicts Hypermnestra, queen of The Argives and priestess to the temple of Juno. There is a wreath around her head and a shawl which hangs from the wreath. Boccaccio explains that Hypermnestra is famous for having defied her father’s order to kill her husband. After her husband had defeated her father, Hypermnestra became queen and a priestess, which is also another reason she is so renown.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17133
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_17133_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Queens; Hypermnestra; Priestess; Important Women; Famous Women