The story of Jason and Medea: at the left she carries off her son, in the middle she is shown in her madness, Jason stands at the right
1531–76
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (21.6 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.262
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Story of Jason and Medea*, a captivating 16th-century engraving Giulio Bonasone, a masterful Italian printmaker active between 1531 and 1576. Measuring 8½ x 12½ inches, this intricate sheet from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department captures key dramatic moments from the ancient Greek myth. Bonasone, renowned for his reproductive engravings after designs by leading Renaissance artists, employs the precise lines of intaglio printing to evoke intense emotion and narrative depth. The composition unfolds across the page: at left, Medea flees with her son, sym...
About the Artist
Giulio Bonasone · 1500–1600
Comment on works: History; Mythology