[The Sibyl Erythraea Predicting the Fall of Troy and Life of Christ] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Sibyl Erythraea Predicting the Fall of Troy and Life of Christ]
Subject: Eriphila; Sibyls; Prophecies; Important Women; Famous Women; Fall of Troy; Jesus Christ; Erythraea
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Babylon; Mesopotamia; Troy
Description: This engraving depicts the sibyl named Erythraea (also known as Eriphila) on the left side of the engraving with her fingers pointing to the man on the right side of the engraving. The man she is pointing to is Jesus Christ. Boccaccio explains that Erythraea was so intelligent that her prophecies were taken as Gospel rather than fortune-telling. She even prophesized the entire events from the life and death of Jesus, which is why he is depicted in this engraving. Boccaccio explains that Erythraea had also prophesized the fall of Troy, which is assumed to be the city in the background of the engraving.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18140
Language: lat
Source Name: Iohannis Bocacij in librum de claris mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1487 Leuven
Image: mta_18140_OBJ.jpg