Zenobia, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes"

Creator Name

Abraham Bosse;

Gilles Rousselet

Cultural Context

French

Date

Creation: 17th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Zenobia, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes"

Creator

Abraham Bosse (link to bio);

Gilles Rousselet (link to bio)

Abraham Bosse;
Gilles Rousselet;
After Claude Vignon;
Pierre Mariette le fils;
Abraham Bosse, French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris, Artist;
Gilles Rousselet, Artist;
After Claude Vignon, Artist;
Pierre Mariette le fils, Publisher

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

French

Material

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 13 7/16 × 8 1/2 in. (34.1 × 21.6 cm);
height: 34.1centimetre;
width: 21.6centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

Creation: 17th century

ca. 1647

Provenance

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Text: Lettered in plate, below image: "ZENOBIE Reyne des Palmyreniens, victorieuse des Roys et des Lyons, aguerrit Ses / Enfans à la chasse: et les dresse par son exemple à la vaillance et à la victoire. Trebellius Pollio"; bottom left: "Vignon invent."; bottom right: "Mariette excud. cum privileg. Reg."

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Woman, Royalty

Arrowheads; Women

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Christina Stone; Jessica Gengler

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Abraham Bosse and Gilles Rousselet, Zenobia, an illustration from Pierre Le Moyne's 'La Gallerie des femmes fortes', circa 1647. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Also known as Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, Syria, this heroine is illustrated in the graceful style of the European Renaissance. Public Domain.

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