Plaque with Medea's Murder of Absyrtus
Probably from a series decorating a casket, this plaque, painted in "grisaille," depicts a gruesome episode in the story of Medea, told by the Roman writer Ovid (43 BC-AD 17) in "The Metamorphoses". Jason and Medea are escaping by ship from the fleet of King Aietes of Chalcis,...
Artifact
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2444
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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pageCount
1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.281_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.281_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.281_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.281 |
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Medium
painted enamel on copper
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