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Prisoners Led from a Defeated City
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Boucicaut MasterFrench Illuminator · 1390–1430
All works by this person →In the early 1400s, the Boucicaut Master was the leading master of manuscript illumination in Paris and one of the most influential artists working in the International style in northern Europe. The Boucicaut Master appears to have supervised a talented team of artists who produced manuscripts commissioned by the king of France, high-ranking aristocrats, and the wealthy bourgeoisie. He probably al
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- about 1413–1415
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
In one of a number of cities destroyed by the Romans in their conquest of Greece and Africa, Roman soldiers take prisoners from a city in flames. The text that follows the image outlines a series of Roman victories, including those at Corinth, Argos, and Carthage. At Carthage, for example, which the general Scipio destroyed in 146 B.C., the Romans took 26,000 women and 30,000 men as prisoners, according to Boccaccio. They also gathered large numbers of captives from the many other cities they subjugated.
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