Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of Absyrtes (Tandis qu'il fait les membres ramasser, Grecs font devoir de leurs voiles haulser...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"
Absyrtus' limbs presented in a wrapped cloth to his father, who stands on the deck of a ship, the composition is surrounded by a rectilinear frame with twisting male figures, fruits of the earth, scrollwork, and animals, from the series 'Tale of Jason and the conquest of the Golden Fleece' (Histoire de Jason et de la conquête de la toison d'or)
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- Title: Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of Absyrtes (Tandis qu'il fait les membres ramasser, Grecs font devoir de leurs voiles haulser...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"
- 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
- Dimensions: Plate: 6 5/16 x 9 1/8 in. (16 x 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. (19 x 29 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.27
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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