Medea and Her Chariot Drawn by Dragons (Echevellée et nue par nuit brune, en lieu désert invoque astres et lune...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"

René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry

1563 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Medea and Her Chariot Drawn by Dragons (Echevellée et nue par nuit brune, en lieu désert invoque astres et lune...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece" — René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry

Plate 18 of 26. A night scene, with a chariot drawn by dragons descending from the sky, and Medea, kneeling in the right foreground, with her arms outspread; within an ornate border. One of a set of illustrations to the Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or, published in Paris in 1563 and engraved by René Boyvin based on drawings by Léonard Thiry. Jason, the famous hero of antiquity, sets off on a quest to find the Golden Fleece which leads him to meet Medea with whom he has a love affair ending in tragedy.

Artist: René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry
Date: 1563
Medium: Engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008