Identification title(s): medea helps jason with her magic. Ovid's metamorphoses (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-15. 937. Catalog reference: franks 1338-59. Hollstein dutch 852. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: medea meets jason outside the palace and hands over her magic tools with which he can complete the impossible tasks given to him by her father, king aeëtes. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in latin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: crispijn van de passe (i). Place of manufacture: cologne. Dating: 1602 - 1607. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 85 mm × w 133 mm. Subject: what: jason and medea at the altar of hecate (or diana): medea gives him a magic herb or ointment. Acquisition: unknown 1991. Date: between 1602 and 1607.
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