[Hypsicratea Holding Hands with her Husband, Mithridates] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Hypsicratea Holding Hands with her Husband, Mithridates]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Anatolia; Modern day Turkey; Pontus
Description: This illustration depicts a simple scene including king Mithridates of Pontus and his wife Hypsicratea. The two figures are illustrated wearing their royal clothing and crowns, and Mithridates is illustrated holding a scepter. Queen Hypsicratea appears to be pregnant as her stomach is large and her hand is resting upon it. Boccaccio writes on Hypsicratea due to her bravery and devotion to her husband, as she ends up dressing in armor and goes to war in order to be with him, despite him having mistresses and concubines.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12031
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12031_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Hypsicratea; Mithridates; Devotion; Important Women