De Yrene romanorum impatrice · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Yrene romanorum impatrice
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Byzantium; Eastern Roman Empire
Description: The left side of the engraving depicts Empress Irene of the Eastern Roman Empire sitting on her throne. There is a man kneeling in front of her presenting her with the globus cruciger to demonstrate her authority. The right side of the image depicts the pope crowning Charlemagne as emperor. The pope did not recognize Irene’s rule as she was a woman, which led him to coronate Charlemagne as emperor. He is presenting Charlemagne with a crown as well as the globus cruciger.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:26324
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven; 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_26324_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Irene; Charlemagne; Important Women; Famous Women; Globus Cruciger