2-650-022 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Helene - Femme De Menelas', 1403, (1939). In Greek mythology , Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda . According to legend, she was the most beautiful woman in the world, only the goddess Aphrodite surpassing her in this field. 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]