3-042-359 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Froissart Kneeling before Gaston Phébus, Count of Foix, c1360s; Chroniques (Book Three), about 1480-1483. Additional Info: Within an impressive stone house surrounded by an extensive walled garden, the poet, historian, and cleric Jean Froissart, author of the Chronicle, kneels before the Count of Foix. Raising his hat in homage, Froissart presents a letter of introduction, hoping to conduct research for his book. This miniature on the opening pages of the third volume of Froissart's account of European events of the 1300s asserts the eyewitness quality of his history by presenting him in person before one of his sources.