Giovanni 1313 1375 Collection

Filostrato (Philostrate) - in le "Decameron" de Giovanni Boccace (1353)
GIA5036795 Filostrato (Philostrate) - in le "Decameron" de Giovanni Boccace (1353).; (add.info.: Filostrato (Philostrate) - in le "Decameron" de Giovanni Boccace (1353)

Portrait of Giovanni Boccacio (Boccaccio) (1313 - 1373). Anonymous painting
GIA5036349 Portrait of Giovanni Boccacio (Boccaccio) (1313 - 1373). Anonymous painting.; © Giancarlo Costa

Iaia (Marcia de Cyzique), a Roman painter, painting her own miniature portrait from "
JLJ4657172 Iaia (Marcia de Cyzique), a Roman painter, painting her own miniature portrait from " De mulieribus claris" (Des clair et nobles femmes)" by Giovanni Boccacio (Boccace)

Detail of a fresco of the castle of Roccabianca in Parma dating from 1480, today at Castello Sforzesco in Milan
GIA4817161 Detail of a fresco of the castle of Roccabianca in Parma dating from 1480, today at Castello Sforzesco in Milan

Tenth day, ninth news: the day of messer Torello. Painted box illustrating the "Decameron"by Giovanni
LRI4666171 Tenth day, ninth news: the day of messer Torello. Painted box illustrating the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio) (1313-1375). 15th century

Statue of Giovanni Boccaccio, known as Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, author of Decameron
YOU4419708 Statue of Giovanni Boccaccio, known as Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, author of Decameron, Sculpture by Odoardo Fantacchiotti (1811-1877)

Meal scene page of a manuscript in French of the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375)
JLJ4646310 Meal scene page of a manuscript in French of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), Italian writer, enluminated by the Master of Mansel. 1450

Meal scene and galante scene Page of a manuscript in French of the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean
JLJ4646302 Meal scene and galante scene Page of a manuscript in French of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer

The depart Page taken from a manuscript in French from the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean
JLJ4670503 The depart Page taken from a manuscript in French from the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, illuminated by the Master of Mansel

Allegory of Fortune (left) and Paradise, on top Adam and Eve Miniature taken from "Cases of noble men
LRI4666177 Allegory of Fortune (left) and Paradise, on top Adam and Eve Miniature taken from " Cases of noble men and women unfortunes" (De casibus)

Gallant scene: two couples talking. Page of a manuscript in French of the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio
JLJ4602020 Gallant scene: two couples talking. Page of a manuscript in French of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), Italian writer

A Miniature dormitory from a manuscript in French from the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean
JLJ4660492 A Miniature dormitory from a manuscript in French from the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, enluminated by the Master of Mansel

Frederic II (1194-1250) of the Holy Empire left Sicily with his Miniature suite taken from a manuscript in French
JLJ4657217 Frederic II (1194-1250) of the Holy Empire left Sicily with his Miniature suite taken from a manuscript in French from the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio

Gallant scene: two couples talking. Page of a manuscript in French of the "Decameron"by Giovanni Boccaccio
JLJ4601979 Gallant scene: two couples talking. Page of a manuscript in French of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), Italian writer

Tenth day, ninth news: the day of Messer Torello and Saladin (1138-1193) (Salah al Din Yusuf al-Ayyubi (al Ayyubi)
LRI4666175 Tenth day, ninth news: the day of Messer Torello and Saladin (1138-1193) (Salah al Din Yusuf al-Ayyubi (al Ayyubi)

A jealous husband disclaims himself as a priest to collect the confession of his
GIA4795154 A jealous husband disclaims himself as a priest to collect the confession of his adulterous wife. Illustration for the news 65 (New 5 of the seventh day)

A woman meets two horsemen, and has a couple in a room. Illustration for the news 53
GIA4795102 A woman meets two horsemen, and has a couple in a room. Illustration for the news 53 (News 3 of the 6th day) of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio

Death A patient has agony. After his death, his body is placed in a coffin
JLJ4651757 Death A patient has agony. After his death, his body is placed in a coffin. Miniature from " Le decameron" by Jean Boccaccio (Giovanni Boccaccio) (1313-1375) 1450 Paris

Lettrine "m"and miniature depicting the sophist, Philostrate
GIA4816702 Lettrine " m" and miniature depicting the sophist, Philostrate. Manuscript by Boccacio (Boccace), 1430

Marie Louise of Parma aboard a sailboat taking her to Naples on 10 / 07 / 1824, painting by B
GIA4814790 Marie Louise of Parma aboard a sailboat taking her to Naples on 10/07/1824, painting by B. Boccaccio.Museo Glauco Lombardi of Parma by Italian School

Les amours de Didon, founder of Carthage and Enee Miniature taken from "
LRI4666251 Les amours de Didon, founder of Carthage and Enee Miniature taken from " The Book of Light and Noble Women" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), 1460 Chantilly

Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): the Chatelain Pericone welcomes Alatiel
LRI4634168 Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): the Chatelain Pericone welcomes Alatiel, daughter of the sultan of Babylon Beminedab and her suite on the island of Mallorca

Two men carrying a pig on their shoulder. Illustration for the news 76
GIA4795185 Two men carrying a pig on their shoulder. Illustration for the news 76 (New 6 of the eighth day) of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375)

A couple wants to knock on their door. Illustration for the news 61
GIA4795081 A couple wants to knock on their door. Illustration for the news 61 (News 1 of the 7th day) of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375)

Letterline "a"on a miniature page of the incipit of "
GIA4758890 Letterline " a" on a miniature page of the incipit of " Teseide". Giovanni Boccacio (Boccacio) (1313 - 1375). 15th century manuscript. Trivulziana Milan

Death Two people killed by death. Miniature from "Le Decameron"
JLJ4651750 Death Two people killed by death. Miniature from " Le Decameron" by Jean Boccace (Giovanni Boccaccio) (1313-1375) 1450 Paris, library of the Arsenal by Unknown Artist

Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): story of Alatiel
LRI4634195 Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): story of Alatiel, daughter of the sultan of Babylon Beminedab, detail representing horsemen and pages (Story of Alatiel daughter of Beminedab)

Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): the Chatelain Pericone welcomes Alatiel
LRI4634176 Decameron de Boccaccio (Jean Boccaccio): the Chatelain Pericone welcomes Alatiel, daughter of the sultan of Babylon Beminedab and her suite on the island of Mallorca

Queen Tanaquil, wife of the Roman king Tarquin the Elder
JLJ4677204 Queen Tanaquil, wife of the Roman king Tarquin the Elder, weaving Miniature drawn from " De mulieribus claris" (Light and noble women)" by Giovanni Boccaccio (Boccaccio)

Poppee, wife of Roman Emperor Nero, receiving a Miniature messenger from "
LRI4666241 Poppee, wife of Roman Emperor Nero, receiving a Miniature messenger from " The Book of Light and Noble Women" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375)

Birth of Eve from the coast of Adam, Adam and Eve picking the defended fruit
LRI4666237 Birth of Eve from the coast of Adam, Adam and Eve picking the defended fruit and then hunts from Paradise Miniature taken from " Cases of noble men and women unfortunes"

Conquete of a fortified town Detail. Miniature taken from "
LRI4666204 Conquete of a fortified town Detail. Miniature taken from " Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes infortunes" (De casibus) by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375)

Conquete of a fortified town Miniature taken from "
LRI4666201 Conquete of a fortified town Miniature taken from " Cases of noble men and women unfortunes" (De casibus) by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), Italian writer

Adam and Eve picking the defended fruit Miniature of the Master of the Champion of Ladies
LRI4666151 Adam and Eve picking the defended fruit Miniature of the Master of the Champion of Ladies (15th century) from the manuscript " Des hommes illustres" by Giovanni Boccaccio

Banquet scene in the presence of members of the Florentine nobility
GIA4795207 Banquet scene in the presence of members of the Florentine nobility. Illustration for the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccace (1313-1375), Italian writer

Illustration for the news 73 (New 3 of the eighth day) of the "Decameron"
GIA4795130 Illustration for the news 73 (New 3 of the eighth day) of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer

Lidia, an adultere wife, is surprised by her husband in Pirros arms
GIA4795139 Lidia, an adultere wife, is surprised by her husband in Pirros arms. Illustration for the news 69 (New 9 of the seventh day)

Introduction: representation of the author of Decameron surrounds ten young people
GIA4795118 Introduction: representation of the author of Decameron surrounds ten young people. Illustration of the first day of the Decameron (1349-1351)

The Boccace Decameron for quadrille. Lithography, 19th century
LSE4310681 The Boccace Decameron for quadrille. Lithography, 19th century. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boccace Decameron for quadrille)

Creation of Adams thigh Eve - after "Des dames de renom"
LSE4088410 Creation of Adams thigh Eve - after " Des dames de renom" by Boccace, chromo. 19th century by French School

Meduse, daughter of Phorcis (one of the gorgons, the only mortal of the three
LSE4088413 Meduse, daughter of Phorcis (one of the gorgons, the only mortal of the three) - according to Boccaces " Ladies of Renown", v.1360 by Unknown Artist

Theseus in Athens, 1339-1341 (miniature)
LRI4597721 Theseus in Athens, 1339-1341 (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

History of Nastagio degli Onesti: Encounter with the Damned in the Pine Forest
LRI4602993 History of Nastagio degli Onesti: Encounter with the Damned in the Pine Forest (from a Decamerons novella by Boccaccio) (oil on panel, 1483) by Botticelli

Incipit of "The Filocolo"by Giovanni Boccace, 1336 - 1338
GIA4817180 Incipit of " The Filocolo" by Giovanni Boccace, 1336 - 1338. 15th century manuscript. Braidense, Milan

Boccacio (Boccacio) reading the Decameron to his friends during the plague epidemic in
GIA4816734 Boccacio (Boccacio) reading the Decameron to his friends during the plague epidemic in Florence around 1348. chromolithograph of the late 19th century

Judgement scene in Florence. Illustration for the news 75 (New 5 of the eighth day
GIA4795204 Judgement scene in Florence. Illustration for the news 75 (New 5 of the eighth day) of the " Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio dit Jean Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer

The Archpriest of Florence surprised by the eveque when he met the woman he loves
GIA4795199 The Archpriest of Florence surprised by the eveque when he met the woman he loves. Illustration for the news 74 (New 4 of the eighth day)

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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer known for his masterpiece, "The Decameron. " This collection of stories provides a vivid portrayal of life during the 14th century, capturing various aspects of society and human nature. One significant event that influenced Boccaccio's work was the devastating epidemic in Florence in 1348. The city was plagued by death, forcing the characters from "The Decameron" to seek refuge outside its walls. Amongst their tales is one that distinguishes itself—the funeral procession for those lost to the plague. Boccaccio's storytelling prowess shines through in his depiction of Griselda's story, which is immortalized on a fresco dating back to 1480. This tale showcases love and devotion amidst adversity—a recurring theme throughout his works. Another captivating narrative is Nastagio degli Onesti: Infernal Hunt, where unrequited love leads to gruesome consequences as a young woman faces a horrifying fate at the hands of dogs. Intriguingly, Boccaccio also delves into darker subjects such as torture and massacre within his writings. His vivid descriptions transport readers into scenes filled with anguish and despair—scenes like those depicted in miniatures taken from "Cases of noble men and women unfortunes. " These illustrations capture moments of battle, decapitation, assassination, and murder—showcasing both the brutality and complexity inherent in human existence. "The Decameron" remains an essential literary work even today due to its ability to captivate audiences across centuries. From painted boxes illustrating scenes from this renowned book to manuscripts adorned with illuminations by artists like the Master of Mansel—the impact of Boccaccio's words continues to resonate. Through these various hints about Giovanni Boccaccio's life and works emerge glimpses into a world rife with turmoil yet brimming with creativity—an era when storytelling flourished, providing solace and entertainment amidst the chaos.