Léonce à sa table d’étude, courtisée · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Léonce à sa table d’étude, courtisée
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Greece
Description: Leontium was known for bringing the very honorable subject of philosophy to the brothels and other lowly places. The subject was considered too honorable for unclean adulterers and prostitutes to learn, among other lower-class citizens. The image depicts Leontium studying at her desk, while being courted by a man.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20180
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20180_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Brothel; Philosophy; Leontium; Prostitution