Medea Kills Her Two Children by Jason (Pour qui d'Absyrte a le sang repandu, fait que du sien le tort lui soit rendu...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"

René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry

1563 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Medea Kills Her Two Children by Jason (Pour qui d'Absyrte a le sang repandu, fait que du sien le tort lui soit rendu...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece" — René Boyvin|Leonard Thiry

Plate 25 of 26: a classical setting, with Medea slaying her own children; one of the Erinyes crouching in the right foreground; Jason in the left background; surrounded by a frame with scrollwork, fantastical creatures, fruits, dogs, and winged putti. 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