Medea, or the Marriage of Jason and Creusa

1648

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a grand architectural interior with a gathering of figures. The scene is intricately detailed, depicting numerous figures gathered in a richly adorned architectural setting. The composition is dominated by towering arches and columns that draw the eye upwards. The left side of the drawing features a group of figures standing in a cluster, and on the right, a figure is seated on an elevated platform and approached by two other figures dressed in elaborate attire. Light and shadow are used effectively, especially in the folds of the drapery and the textures of the stone and fabric, adding depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on European (white) paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.1 × 17.8 cm (5 9/16 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 14.5 × 18 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7128

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 112, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Barnard [died 1784], London (Lugt 1419); Alfred Hubert [1831-c. 1908], Paris (Lugt 130); William Edwards [died 1821], London (Lugt 2616); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from William Schab, 1940; given to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 21.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt from the Rosenwald and Widener Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

1961

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 92, 66.

1973

  • Etchings by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no catalogue.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1977, no. 21.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 241, state i/v.

Wikidata ID

Q65024583

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