Medea Sacrifices a Black Sheep (Devant l'autel d'Hécate et de Jouvence un mouton noir elle saigne à outrance...)
Artwork Details
- Title: Medea Sacrifices a Black Sheep (Devant l'autel d'Hécate et de Jouvence un mouton noir elle saigne à outrance...)
- Series/Portfolio: Jason and the Golden Fleece (Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or par le Prince Jason de Tessalie)
- Artist: René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
- Artist: After Leonard Thiry (Netherlandish, active Fontainebleau ca. 1536–50)
- Date: 1563
- Medium: Engraving; second state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (19.3 x 29.2 cm)
Plate: 6 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (15.7 x 23.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
- Object Number: 26.49.115
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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