Mort d’Olympias, entourée de ses compagnes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mort d’Olympias, entourée de ses compagnes
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Greece
Description: After surrendering to the hands of Cassander, the family and friends of those whom Olympias killed wanted her dead. She got dressed and went to the executioners with her companions, accepting her death. The image depicts the executioners standing on top of those that Olympias killed, on the left. To the right, Olympias enters, supported by her companions.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20189
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20189_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Olympias; Suicide; Bravery; Execution; Murder