Cassandre fille de priamus roy des troyens · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cassandre fille de priamus roy des troyens
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Asia Minor; Troy
Description: This illumination depicts a portrait of a woman named Cassandra, who was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. Cassandra had the gift of foresight and predicted the events of the Trojan War and the downfall of her city. She even predicted her father’s death, as well as her own. Boccaccio explains that the god Apollo had given Cassandra the gift of foresight in exchange for her love, and when she denied him what she had promised, he made it so any prediction she had, no one would believe her.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:17153
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_17153_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Priam; The Trojan War; Apollo; Seers; Gods; Important Women; Famous Women; Cassandra; Hecuba