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Persian Prisoners; Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, about 1413-1415. Creators: Boucicaut Master, Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.

Persian Prisoners; Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, about 1413-1415. Creators: Boucicaut Master, Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.

3-041-202 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Persian Prisoners; Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, about 1413-1415. Additional Info: The men held in the stocks may be Persian prisoners of war, taken after a series of battles between Alexander the Great and Darius III, king of Persia, in which the Persians sustained great losses. According to Boccaccio, very few of the 500,000 Persian foot soldiers and horsemen who participated in the final engagement survived. On the other hand, the miniature might depict Darius himself, who fled the battlefield and was briefly imprisoned after betrayal by his own comrades.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Boucicaut Master, attributed to: French: Artist, illuminator, painter
  2. Workshop of the Boucicaut Master, attributed to: French: Artist, artists, illuminator, illuminators
People Related
  1. Boccaccio: Italian: Author, poet, scholar, writer, humanist
  2. Laurent de Premierfait: French: Secretary to the Duke of Berry, translator
  3. Darius III: Persian: King
Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3496x4960
File Size : 50,802kb

Aliases

  1. 96.MR.17.111
  1. Ms. 63 (96.MR.17), fol. 111
  1. 1200004886
  1. 3-041-202
  1. 3041202
  1. 96.MR.17.111

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