Agnes Hellebic, tragic suicide in Paris, 12th century. Deserted by her lover, she threw herself down a well which came to be known as the Puits d'Amour (Well of Love). She wears her hair tied in a bun, a dress trimmed with fur and puff sleeves a la bombarde. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.
Agnes Hellebic, tragic suicide in Paris, 12th century. Deserted by her lover, she threw herself down a well which came to be known as the Puits d'Amour (Well of Love). She wears her hair tied in a bun, a dress trimmed with fur and puff sleeves a la bombarde. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.