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-1962-54

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 2773
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

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 177 mm

What

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

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1962

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