Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Title: Thamyris
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Description: According to Pliny the Elder, Thamyris was known for a panel painting of the goddess Diana that was kept at Ephesus. Here she works on a panel painting of the Virgin and Christ Child, an activity typically assigned to St. Luke the Evangelist. While documentary evidence reveals female illuminators and painters in Paris workshops, this is one of the first fully developed images of a female artist. A male assistant mixes pigment at a table. In the lower right corner, partially out of view, is a table displaying paintbrushes in a tray and mussel shells containing paint.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain
Subject (See Also): Boccaccio, Giovanni, Author- De Mulieribus Claris Mary, Virgin, Saint and Child in Art Thamyris, Ancient Figure Women Artists Work
Geographic Area: France
Century: 15
Date: 1402
Related Work: Giovanni Boccaccio, De Claris Mulieribus
Current Location: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Fr. 12420, fol. 86r
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Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment)
Donor: Layman; Philippe le Hardi, Duke of Burgundy
Height/Width/Length(cm): 28 cm/ 11 in/45 cm/17.7 in/
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