2-650-019 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Argie - Fille D'Adraste', 1403, (1939). In Greek mythology , Argie or Argia daughter of Adraste , is the wife of Polynice. She is famous for the tenderness she carries to her husband. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees) by Giovanni Boccaccio, housed in the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]