Thamire noble peintre a sut fille de micon · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Thamire noble peintre a sut fille de micon
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Micon; Thamyris
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This illumination depicts a young woman named Thamyris sitting in front of an easel as she holds a brush with her right hand and a pallet in her left as she paints a portrait of woman in prayer. Boccaccio explains that Thamyris was renowned for her exceptional painting skills and was the daughter of a famous painter (Micon).
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18030
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_18030_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Painting; Micon; Thamyris