[Empress Irene Looking at her Son Constantine] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Empress Irene Looking at her Son Constantine]
Subject: Empress; Noble Women; Irene; Constantine; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Turkey; Constantinople; Modern day Istanbul
Description: This illumination depicts Irene sitting on a throne as she looks down at her young son, Constantine. She is illustrated wearing a crown and holding a scepter to signify her royal status. Irene and her son, Constantine, compete for the throne multiple times throughout their lives. Irene eventually blinds her son, and after he fell ill and died, she took the throne back. Irene was famous for her fierce reign as empress of Constantinople.
Image Creator: Robinet Testard (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:18108
Language: frm
Source Name: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme [Boccaccio, The cleric and noble women, anonymous French translation]
Parent Collection: Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496); Boccace, Des cleres et nobles femmes, traduction française anonyme. Illuminations by Robinet Testard (1488-1496)
Image: mta_18108_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Empress; Noble Women; Irene; Constantine; Important Women; Famous Women