Sujet

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

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A74_321

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

81,3Mo (4,1Mo) / 35,9cm x 56,6cm / 4245 x 6690 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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