Jason Arrives at Colchis (Enfin parvint jusqu'en Colchis Jason...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"
Engraver René Boyvin French
After Leonard Thiry Netherlandish
Not on view
Plate 7 of 26. Jason arriving in Colchis and embracing King Aeëtes; on the right, Hercules standing beside Jason, and beyond the Argonauts disembarking; within an ornate border. One of a set of illustrations to the Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or, published in Paris in 1563 and engraved by René Boyvin based on drawings by Léonard Thiry. Jason, the famous hero of antiquity, sets off on a quest to find the Golden Fleece which leads him to meet Medea with whom he has a love affair ending in tragedy.