Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 19316
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Franke , Birgit.
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  • Title: Female Role Models in Tapestries [The author briefly describes some of the tapestries owned or used by Margaret of York and her step-grand-daughter, Margaret of Austria. Frequently a series of tapestries celebrated heroic female figures like Esther, as savior of her people, and Abigail,
  • Source: Women of Distinction: Margaret of York | Margaret of Austria.  Edited by Dagmar Eichberger.  Brepols, 2005.  Pages 154 - 165.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay;Exhibition Catalog
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Decorative Arts Duchesses Esther (Biblical Figure) in Art Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy and Wife of Charles the Bold Role Models Tapestries
  • Award Note:
  • Geographic Area: Low Countries
  • Century: 15- 16
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  • Illustrations: Ten illustrations.
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  • Year of Publication: 2005.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9058263428