Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Jason (Grecian Hero) - II

attributed to Gabriel-François Doyen
Jason and the Golden Fleece
ca. 1775
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Pordenone
Jason approaching King Pelias
before 1539
drawing
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

Elisabeth Kemper
Jason on the Golden Ram
1818
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Francesco Salviati
Jason preparing to kill the Ram
before 1563
drawing
British Museum

Agostino Carracci
Jason and the Argonauts
(study for fresco)
before 1602
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

from I.W. to her Unconstant Lover

Jason that came of noble race,
        two ladies did begile.
I muse how he durst shew his face
        to them that knew his wile.

For when he by Medea's art
        had got the Fleece of Gold
And also had of her that time
        all kind of things he wold,

He took his ship and fled away
        regarding not the vows
That he did make so faithfully
        unto his loving spouse.

How durst he trust the surging sea
        knowing himself forsworn?
Why did he scape safe to the land
        before the ship was torn?

– Isabella Whitney (1567)

Anonymous Italian artist
Jason putting the Dragon to sleep
17th century
drawing
Princeton University Art Museum

Anonymous Netherlandish artist
Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
ca. 1484
drawing
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Washington Allston
Study for Jason Returning to demand his Father's Kingdom
ca. 1807-1808
drawing
Harvard Art Museums

Raymond Lafage
Jason and the Bulls of King Aeëtes
ca. 1679-80
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Annibale Carracci
Meeting of Jason and King Aeëtes
(study for fresco)
ca. 1584
drawing
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder
Jason putting the Dragon to sleep
(study for engraving)
ca. 1600
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder
Jason putting the Dragon to sleep
ca. 1602-1607
engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Abraham Dircksz Santvoort
Jason approaching the Golden Fleece
(title-page for a play by Pierre Corneille)
1683
etching
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Simon Charles Miger after Jean-François de Troy
Head of Jason
(copied after a cartoon drawn in 1746)
before 1820
intaglio print
British Museum