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Title
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De Thamyri Pictrice
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Description
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There are two women by the name of Thamyris that Boccaccio describes in his book. One was a fierce queen of Scythia who decapitated the head of her enemy. This engraving depicts Queen Thamyris of Scythia as she puts the decapitated head of her enemy into a bag. This engraving, however, is wrongly placed in the book as this engraving is meant to depict the other Thamyris. The Thamyris the engraving should have depicted was a painter from Greece (also known by the name Timarete). Thamyris was the daughter of a painter named Micon, and she grew up to be a renowned painter herself.
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Image Creator
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Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:26234
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Source Name
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Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
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Image
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mta_26234_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Fine Arts
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Thamyris
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Micon
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Painting