Boccace offre son livre à la comtesse de Hauteville entourée de ses suivantes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Boccace offre son livre à la comtesse de Hauteville entourée de ses suivantes
Subject: Throne; Manuscript; Countess; Giovanni Boccaccio
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: France
Description: Boccaccio, the left-most figure wearing the red cloak, crouches on a knee to offer his book to the Countess of Hauteville, who is seated in a throne wearing the blue cloak. The figures that surround them are the Countess’ followers. Boccaccio is the original author of the book.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18583
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_18583_OBJ.png