Dispute of Three Ladies

Miniature Opening the Manuscript. L'Altercation des Trois Dames. Illumination by unknown artists during the reign of Louis XII. France (Rouen?), very late 15th to early 16th century.

"The miniature shows the author sitting on an improvised throne and comparing the merits of Pleasure, Usefullness and Elegance personified by three nude women."

Image from the book Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th Centuries by Tamara Voronova and Andrei Sterligov (2003). Image #241, Page #170. Confidential Concepts. ISBN 1904310478.