Armonia, fille de Gélon de Syracuse, devant les bourreaux qui tuent une jeune fille à sa place · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Armonia, fille de Gélon de Syracuse, devant les bourreaux qui tuent une jeune fille à sa place
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Sicily
Description: When Harmonia was ordered to be killed, her nurse arranged for a girl of her age to dress as Harmonia and die instead of her. This girl is seen in the image wearing a blue gown, and is getting murdered by the men behind her. Harmonia, wearing the pink gown, looks on with horror to the left of the girl who is being murdered. In the background are onlookers, and on the ground is the girl’s blood.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20196
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20196_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Loyalty; Innocence; Harmonia; Murder; Bravery