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Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa

1648
Etching, with touches of drypoint, on paper.
240 x 176 mm
RvR 178
NHD number
NHD 241, IV
Notes
Verses and signature added in bottom margin of plate. (Mz.315) (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in the bottom margin, "Rembrandt f.1648".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over cross and three balls.
Provenance

Cambridge University Library; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School