XJF359049 A Scene from the Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, c.1492 (woodcut) by Italian School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) published his collection of stories in 1353; the image relates to the story of a group of young people who fled the plague in Florence and lived in the garden of a villa, each day a different member of the group was made King or Queen;); Italian, out of copyright.