Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian, 1313 - 1375

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The artwork is a vertically oriented page from "De Claris Mulieribus," featuring a block of Latin text on the right side. On the left, an elaborate decorative border runs vertically, starting with a large, ornate letter "S" at the top. The border is filled with intricate illustrations of human figures, including a man and a woman entwined with floral and vine motifs. The upper portion displays a series of circular medallions with detailed images of human faces and figures. The black ink on the cream-colored paper highlights the contrast between the text and the decorative elements.
Master of Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio, Johann Zainer, De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women), 1473, bound volume with 81 woodcut illustrations made from 79 blocks, bound with Honorius Augustodunensis _De imagine mundi_ and Marcus Tullius Cicero _De officiis_, Anonymous Gift, 2013.132.1.b

De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women)

Master of Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio, Johann Zainer · 1473 · bound volume with 81 woodcut illustrations made from 79 blocks, bound with Honorius Augustodunensis _De imagine mundi_ and Marcus Tullius Cicero _De officiis_ ·  Accession ID  2013.132.1.b
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Il Decamerone ... (volume I)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio · published 1757 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Le Mire, Lempereur, Aliamet, Flipart, Ouvrier, P.Martinasie, and Sornique after Gravelot, Cochin, Eisen, Boucher ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1429
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Le Decameron ... (volume V)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio, Francois-Germain Aliamet, Pierre-Philippe Choffard, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Jean Jacques Pasquier, Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Noël Le Mire, Pierre François Tardieu, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Louis-Claude Legrand, Pierre Etienne Moitte, Jean Ouvrier · published 1757/1761 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Aliamet, Choffard, Lempereur, Pasquier, St.Aubin, Le Mire, Tardieu, Flipart, Legrand, Moitte, and Ouvrier after Gravelot, Boucher, and Eisen ·  Accession ID  1942.9.800
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Le Decameron ... (volume II)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio, Noël Le Mire, Francois-Germain Aliamet, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Jean Ouvrier, Pierre François Tardieu, Pierre Francois Martenasie · published 1757/1761 · 1 vol: ill: etchings and engravings ·  Accession ID  1942.9.797
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Le Decameron ... (volume III)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio, Noël Le Mire, Francois-Germain Aliamet, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Pierre-Philippe Choffard, Etienne Fessard, Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Pierre Etienne Moitte, Jean Jacques Pasquier, Jean-Charles Baquoy, Pierre François Tardieu, Pierre Francois Martenasie, François Boucher · published 1757/1761 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings ·  Accession ID  1942.9.798
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Le Decameron ... (volume IV)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio, Francois-Germain Aliamet, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Jean Jacques Pasquier, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Jean-Charles Baquoy, Jean Ouvrier, Pierre Francois Martenasie, Pierre François Tardieu · published 1757/1761 · bound volume with etchings and engravings ·  Accession ID  1942.9.799
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Il Decamerone ... (volume III)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio · published 1757 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Le Mire, Aliamet, Lempereur, Flipart, Choffard, Fessard, St.Aubin, Moitte, Pasquier, Baquoy, Tardieu, and P.Martenasie after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin, and Eisen ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1431
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Le Decameron ... (volume I)

Giovanni Boccaccio, Noël Le Mire, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Jacques Aliamet, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Jean Ouvrier, Pierre Francois Martenasie, Dominique Sornique, Hubert François Gravelot, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, Charles Eisen, François Boucher · published 1757/1761 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Le Mire, Lempereur, Aliamet, Flipart, Ouvrier, P.Martenasie, and Sornique after Gravelot, Cochin, Eisen, Boucher ·  Accession ID  1942.9.796
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Il Decamerone ... (volume IV)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio · published 1757 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Aliamet, Le Mire, Lempereur, Pasquier, Flipart, Baquoy, Ouvrier, P.Martenasie, and Tardieu after Gravelot, Boucher, and Cochin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1432
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Il Decamerone ... (volume II)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio · published 1757 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Le Mire, Aliamet, Lempereur, Flipart, Ouvrier, Tardieu, and P.Martinasie after Gravelot, Eisen, Boucher, Cochin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1430