[Boccaccio Reading in his Study] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Boccaccio Reading in his Study]
Subject: Giovanni Boccaccio; De Claris Mulieribus; On Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy
Description: This image appears at the end of the book. It depicts man, presumably Giovanni Boccaccio, the author of the book, sitting in his study reading a book which is resting on a lectern. There are other books on a shelf in the background of the image. Giovanni Boccaccio was around forty-eight years old when he compiled the stories of the women in the book, which is why he looks slightly older in age in the image.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25540
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_25540_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Giovanni Boccaccio; De Claris Mulieribus; On Famous Women