Caption

Marriage of Jason and Creusa, print, In the center sits the Corinthian princess Creusa and next to her stands the partially naked Jason. On the left Medea with a child over her shoulder. Latin text in lower margin., printmaker: Master of the Dice, Italy, c. 1530 - c. 1560, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving with plate tone, height 145 mm x width 313 mm, possibly with Medea watching the scene, A horizontal engraving shows a group of clothed and partially nude figures arranged across a shallow foreground, with seated and standing adults interspersed with small children; most figures wear draped robes or cloaks with visible folds, while a few are nude, and several figures have short curly hair or covered heads. On the left a standing woman with flowing hair holds a child and is flanked by another woman in a long dress who reaches toward two small naked children who stand close together, one holding a rounded object. Central figures include a seated woman draped in robes extending one arm toward a small child to her right and a standing young man beside her wearing a cloak over a bare torso, his arm extended. To the right a standing woman offers a small bouquet or sprig to the seated woman while another figure leans forward to touch a child’s head, and two small children stand nearby, one holding a small vessel. The scene is framed by a narrow border along the top and bottom edges and rendered with fine parallel hatching and crosshatching to indicate shading and texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B37_269

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Rights managed

Available size

39.4Mb (12.4Mb) / 18.1in x 8.4in / 5441 x 2529 (300dpi)

Keywords

Marriage Jason Creusa print center sits Corinthian princess Creusa next stands partially naked Jason left Medea child shoulder Latin text lower margin printmaker Master Dice Italy c 1530 - c 1560 paper engraving intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 145 mm x width 313 mm Medea watching scene horizontal engraving group clothed partially nude figures arranged across shallow foreground seated standing adults interspersed small children figures wear draped robes cloaks visible folds nude several figures short curly hair covered heads left standing woman flowing hair holds flanked another woman long dress reaches two small naked children stand close together holding rounded object Central figures include seated woman draped robes extending arm small child right standing young man beside wearing cloak bare torso arm extended standing woman offers small bouquet sprig seated woman another figure leans forward touch child’s head two small children stand nearby small vessel framed narrow border top bottom edges rendered fine parallel hatching crosshatching indicate shading texture