Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of Absyrtes (Tandis qu'il fait les membres ramasser, Grecs font devoir de leurs voiles haulser...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"
René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry
1563 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
Absyrtus' limbs presented in a wrapped cloth to his father, who stands on the deck of a ship, the composition is surrounded by a rectilinear frame with twisting male figures, fruits of the earth, scrollwork, and animals, from the series 'Tale of Jason and the conquest of the Golden Fleece' (Histoire de Jason et de la conquête de la toison d'or)
- Artist
- René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry
- Date
- 1563
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
