L’impératrice Irène destituée par son fils · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: L’impératrice Irène destituée par son fils
Subject: Family; Motherhood; Empress Irene
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Constantinople
Description: Irene raised her young son after the death of her husband. Despite being his mother, her son disowned her and forbid her from his court for eight years. In the image, Irene is seated in the throne, wearing a red gown. She is being ordered to be removed from the throne by her son, on the left, who is being crowned. To the right is the servant that is removing her.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20258
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20258_OBJ.png