Ulysse et Télémaque attaquent les prétendants ; Pénélope à son métier · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ulysse et Télémaque attaquent les prétendants ; Pénélope à son métier
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ithaca
Description: Penelope is seated weaving a royal cloth. She made a deal with her suitors that she could wait for her husband until she finished weaving the cloth. She wears a red gown, and is surrounded by suitors. Behind her, Ulysses and Telemachus attack the suitors with swords. Death is portrayed in a black cloak, also attacking the suitors.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20021
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20021_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Weaving; Royal Cloth; Suitors; Penelope; Loyalty