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| François Ertinger Medea casting a Spell ca. 1670-90 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Henry Ferguson Medea casting Spells among Ruins ca. 1673 oil on canvas National Trust, Ham House, London |
from Alastor, or, The Spirit of Solitude
O, for Medea's wondrous alchemy,
Which wheresoe'er it fell made the earth gleam
With bright flowers, and the wintry boughs exhale
From vernal blooms fresh fragrance! O, that God,
Profuse of poisons, would concede the chalice
Which but one living man has drained, who now,
Vessel of deathless wrath, a slave that feels
No proud exemption in the blighting curse
He bears, over the world wanders for ever,
Lone as incarnate death! O, that the dream
Of dark magician in his visioned cave,
Raking the cinders of a crucible
For life and power, even when his feeble hand
Shakes in its last decay, were the true law
Of this so lovely world!
– Percy Bysshe Shelley (1816)
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| Raymond Lafage Jason and Medea ca. 1679-80 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Antonio Tempesta Jason promising his hand to Medea before 1620 etching Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Achenbach Foundation) |
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| Abraham Bloemaert Medea before 1651 drawing Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Giacomo Piccini Medea, attended by two Maids 1655 engraving British Museum |
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| Johann Wilhelm Bauer Wedding of Jason and Medea 1639 etching Harvard Art Museums |
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| René-Antoine Houasse Medea and Jason 1680 oil on plaster Château de Versailles |
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| Ferdinand Bol Portrait of Leonard Winnincx and his wife Helena van Heuvel as Jason and Medea 1664 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Pietro da Cortona Jason with Medea seizing the Golden Fleece ca. 1630-40 drawing British Museum |
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| Paulus Bor Disillusioned Medea ca. 1640 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Stefano della Bella Medea (from Jeu des Reynes Renommées) 1644 etching British Museum |
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| Nicolas Poussin Medea killing her Children ca. 1650 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Pierre Monier Medea slaying her Children ca. 1665-66 drawing Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Antonio Tempesta Medea conjuring her Chariot before 1620 etching Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Achenbach Foundation) |
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| Johann Wilhelm Bauer Medea fleeing in her Chariot drawn by Winged Serpents ca. 1639 etching Harvard Art Museums |