[Boccaccio Sitting in His Study] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Boccaccio Sitting in His Study]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy
Description: This image depicts what appears to be the author of the book, Giovanni Boccaccio. He is sitting in a study with a burning fire in the background and he is holding a book in his right hand which is presumably the book in which this image appears. He has white hair as he composed De Claris Mulieribus in his older age.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25509
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_25509_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Boccaccio; Giovanni Boccaccio; De Claris Mulieribus; Authors; Important Women