Removal of Griselda's Daugher from Petrarch's "Tales of Griselda"
Artist
Johann Zainer
(German, born Reutlingen, Germany - ca. 1500 Ulm, Germany)
Datebefore 1500
Mediumwoodcut on paper
Dimensionsblock: 2 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (7 × 12.4 cm)
sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (7 × 12.4 cm)
sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (7 × 12.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, bequest of the estate of Earl Stroh
Object numberPC2006.66.7
DescriptionA woodcut image of a man, woman, and child depicts the man taking the child from the woman in the left scene and placing the child in a basket loaded onto a donkey in the right scene.The story of Griselda is a European folktale extolling the virtues of a patient and loyal woman. This scene depicts the removal of Griselda’s daughter, who is taken away by a manservant sent by her husband, the Marquis of Saluzzo. The Marquis had decided to test his wife’s loyalty through a series of actions that lasted nearly twelve years, including her separation from her children and her expulsion from her marital home. This woodcut is a scene from Petrarch’s Tale of Griselda; however, this story was told by many authors throughout history, including Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Charles Perrault.
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