Title

'Poppee - Femme De Neron', 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berry's Cleres Femmes.

Caption

'Poppee - Femme De Neron', 1403, (1939). Poppaea Sabina (AD 30 - AD 65) known as Poppaea Sabina the Younger (to differentiate her from her mother) and, after AD 63, as Poppaea Augusta Sabina was a Roman Empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees) by Giovanni Boccaccio, housed in the Bibliotheque 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_495

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39,7Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,4in x 12,4in / 3732 x 3720 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy female gloves glove women woman people library country Rome monarch green clothes color colour queen royal dress Roman mystery illustration location century veiled veil thirties royalty lady concept one person noble manuscript verve Empress 1930s gold leaf 20th century 15th century The Print Collector fifteenth century sovereign portrait Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio National Library of France Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus green colour Poppaea Sabina Sabina Poppaea Folio Bibliotheque Nationale de France De Claris mulieribus heliogravure Master of Berry's Cleres Femmes Femmes Master of Berry's Cleres Emperor Nero Boccaccio Nero portrait