Proba à sa table d’étude · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Proba à sa table d’étude
Subject: Virgil; Liberal Arts; Poetry; Scriptures; Proba
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Proba was known for excelling in the liberal arts. This mainly consisted of reading important works, such as Virgil, which she became very familiar with. She read many topics, including sacred scriptures. Because she was so praised for her passion of reading, she is depicted at her study table surrounded by texts, scriptures and other works.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20252
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20252_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Virgil; Liberal Arts; Poetry; Scriptures; Proba