Detail of Illumination from a Manuscript

Illumination from a Manuscript, by Jean Pichore, 1503, Illumination, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

"The illumination shown in the picture comes from a manuscript of 'De remediis utriusque fortunae (On the Remedies of One and the Other Fortune) by Petrarch. Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, a powerful figure at the court of Louis XII, appears on the illumination behind the king at the head of a long procession of courtiers approaching the throne of the goddess Fortune. Wearing a sad expression, the king points to his wife, Anne de Bretagne, "queen without a son", who holds in her lap the young princess Claude, then four years old."

This color image from Web Gallery of Art. Illumination from a Manuscript [Art] Retrieved September 2, 2009 from the World Wide Web: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pichore/illumina.html