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Medea: or the Marriage of Jason and Creusa (Primary Title)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606 - 1669 (Artist)

1648
Dutch
Works On Paper
Prints
etching on laid paper with a watermark of foolscap with 5-pointed collar
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed to plate line): 9 7/16 × 7 in. (23.97 × 17.78 cm)
35.1.58
Not on view
Signed in plate lower right: "Rembrandt f."
Collectors mark of Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2775) in lower right corner.
Printed beneath image, lower left: "Creus en Jason hier elckandren Trouw beloven:/ Medea Jasons vrouw, onwaerdighlÿck verschoven"; lower right: "Werdt opgehitst van spÿt, de wraecksucht voert haer aen./ Helaes! Ontrouwigheydt, wat komt ghÿ dier te staen!" Inscribed in ink on verso: "no. 10." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "M 270/ B.112", "hoso" (?), and "IR/ B.112"
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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