[Irene Painting a Portrait of a Girl] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Irene Painting a Portrait of a Girl]
Subject: Irene; Painting; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This illustration depicts Irene, a Greek woman, sitting on a bench looking focused as she paints a portrait of a girl. There is a girl sitting in front of the easel as her model. Irene is holding a brush in her right hand and a painting pallet in her left. Boccaccio explains that there is not much known on Irene except that she was an exceptional painter, and worthy of remembrance for her skills.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:12010
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_12010_OBJ.png