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-196

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 241-3(5)
• Bartsch 112-3(5)
• Hollstein Dutch 112-3(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1648

Physical features

etching and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper

Material

• Japanese paper (handmade paper)

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 240 mm × width 176 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 158, cat.nr. 241
• Ontmoet Rembrandt : leven en werk van de meesterschilder, p. 81, afb. 67
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 112