Title
'Cassandre - Fille De Priam', 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berry's Cleres Femmes.
Caption
'Cassandre - Fille De Priam', 1403, (1939). In Greek mythology , Cassandra is the daughter of Priam (King of Troy ) and Hecuba She receives from Apollo the gift of predicting the future, but as she refuses him, he decree that her predictions will never be believed, even from her family. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en français (Livre des femmes nobles et renommées) by Giovanni Boccaccio, housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1403
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19D03_486
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39,6Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,2in x 12,6in / 3672 x 3768 (300dpi)