Athalie, reine de Jérusalem, fait massacrer les descendants mâles de la lignée de David ; elle est chassée · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Athalie, reine de Jérusalem, fait massacrer les descendants mâles de la lignée de David ; elle est chassée
Subject: Royalty; Throne; Greed; Deceit; Athalia; Murder
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Jerusalem
Description: Athalia was a queen famous for her desperate desire for the throne. Her desire went so far that she had all the male descendants in the line of David killed, so that the throne would be hers. She didn’t know that her daughter saved her grandson, so after ruling for seven years, she one day found herself being removed from the throne so that he could rightfully rule. After many years of murder, Athalia found herself dying the same way that she had killed so many others. On the left side of the image, Athalia is seen dressed as a queen, having a male descendent killed with the help of a man. In the background and to the right, the image represents when Athalia was taken away from the throne, being escorted by by a man.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:20040
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_20040_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Royalty; Throne; Greed; Deceit; Athalia; Murder