1-624-505 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Christine de Pizan (1364 -1430), medieval writer, rhetorician and critic, 15th century, (1870). Pizan is shown seated on a chair of carved wood with back and canopy, and tapestry of worsted or figured silk. The box or chest which forms the writing table contains books. A 19th century version of an original 15th century manuscript illustration. From The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul LaCroix (London, 1870).