Dryperne de laudocie royne et fille du grand mitridates · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dryperne de laudocie royne et fille du grand mitridates
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Anatolia; Modern day Turkey; Pontus
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of Dripetrua, the daughter of King Mithridates of Pontus. She is depicted in royal garb while holding a scepter in her right hand. Boccaccio explains that she was born with two sets of teeth and was incredibly hideous, however, she was also very devoted to her father, which deserved praise.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18084
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_18084_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Filial Devotion; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Mithridates VII; Dripetrua