Medea Urging the Daughters of King Pelias to Murder their Father (Medea Peliades in parricidium stimulat), plate 65 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)

Publisher Willem Jansz. Dutch
Published after 1606
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medea Urging the Daughters of King Pelias to Murder their Father (Medea Peliades in parricidium stimulat), plate 65 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
  • Series/Portfolio: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
  • Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
  • Publisher: Willem Jansz. (Dutch, active Amsterdam ?1605–20)
  • Date: Published after 1606
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (17.5 x 20 cm)
    plate: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15 x 11.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of S. Paul Jones, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.6(66)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.