Title

Scenes from the Story of Fauvel, 15th century, (1870). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Scenes from the Story of Fauvel, 15th century, (1870). Fauvel (the animal-headed creature at top left) is reprimanding a widow who has married again, while being serenaded by musicians below. The name Fauvel is derived from the first letters of Flaterie, Avarice, Vilanie, Variete, Envie, Laschete. The Roman de Fauvel was written an attack on the failings of the medieval church and the political establishment. A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C15_026

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,4Mb) / 12,0in x 16,2in / 3593 x 4864 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men music religious arts politics marriage religion musician guy drum drummer bed bedroom room medieval Christianity dress century musical instrument concept B&W telling off MONOCHROME stringed instrument chaotic reprimanding fictional character black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages widow satire satirical fancy dress 15th century The Print Collector bedchamber Fauvel fifteenth century engraving Unknown Paul Paul Lacroix Lacroix Paul Lacroix engraving