Medea: or the marriage of Jason and Creusa, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Title(s)

Medea: or the marriage of Jason and Creusa

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-195

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 241-1(5)
• Bartsch 112-1(5)
• Hollstein Dutch 112-1(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 1920 of 1921
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• printmaker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1648

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 240 mm × width 177 mm

What

• marriage of Jason and Creusa (Glauce); possibly with Medea watching the scene

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

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• Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 158, cat.nr. 241
• Ontmoet Rembrandt, Gary 1940- Schwartz, p. 81, afb. 67
• Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 112