Cy apres sensuit de athalie royne de jerusalem · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy apres sensuit de athalie royne de jerusalem
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Athaliah
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Levant; Israel; Jerusalem
Description: This illumination depicts Queen Athaliah of Jerusalem in the centre of the image wearing a pink dress and a crown to symbolize her royal status. There are two guards on the right side of the illustration holding children as they stab them with knives. In order to gain complete control of her kingdom, Athaliah ordered her guards to kill all the descendants of David so that none could rise and take her throne. Unbeknownst to Athlaliah, a grandchild named Jehoash had escaped her wrath and grew up to overthrow her. There are people depicted grabbing Athaliah’s arm as they take her away and kill her for her crimes.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19981
Language: frm
Source Name: Livre que fist Jehan BOCACE de Certalde des cleres et nobles femmes, lequel il envoia à Audice de Accioroles de Florence, contesse de Haulteville [Book from Giovanni Boccaccio of Certaldo called the cleric and noble women, of which he sent to Audice Accioroles of Florence, Countess of Haulteville]
Parent Collection: 1401 Florence
Image: mta_19981_OBJ.jpg