Argie cherche le corps de son mari Polynice tué au combat · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Argie cherche le corps de son mari Polynice tué au combat
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Thebes
Description: Argia’s husband, Polynices, was killed in battle. When Argia found out that his body was left out to rot and was not buried, she searched until she found his corpse. In the image, she is seen wearing a blue dress, looking down at corpses trying to find her husband. Behind her, Creon and others pull her back to stop her from looking through the rotting bodies.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19874
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19874_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Murder; Sorrow; Argia; Creon