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 an interior scene featuring a gathering with architectural elements and figures engaged in a formal occasion. The drawing presents a large hall with lofty arches and columns. Numerous figures are assembled in two distinct groups on stone steps. A central figure is depicted on an elevated platform, gesturing or speaking to another seated figure. The use of hatching and intricate line work gives depth to the architectural interior and captures the attention on gathered figures. Light filters dramatically through large windows, adding focus to the central action. Draped curtains frame the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.1 × 18 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.8 × 18.1 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7129

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); gift to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 29.

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 iv/v.

Wikidata ID

Q48241230

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