René Boyvin (Artist) Leonard Thiry (After)
Medea obtains the dragon chariot by conjuring or Medea summons her dragon chariot
Artwork Detail
Heav'n hath no rage like love to hatred turned
No Hell a fury like a woman scorned...
William Congreve (The Mourning Bride. Act lll, sc. 8)
When jilted by Jason, Medea revenged herself first by murdering their two children, and then destroying his father and new wife. While one would have thought that this provided ample material for Renaissance artists to draw on, it was her sorcery which proved most popular, as earlier artists tended to use Ovid as a source, rather than Euripides' play, Medea. In Thiry and Boyvin's engraving she is shown harnessing her magic powers to summons her chariot, her character implied, perhaps, by the grotesque characters included in the printed frame. (Monsters and Maidens, 2004)
- Title
- Medea obtains the dragon chariot by conjuring or Medea summons her dragon chariot
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1563
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 160 x 233 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1974
- Accession no
- 1974/14/1
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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