Medea tödtet ire Kinder · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Medea tödtet ire Kinder
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Corinth; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving depicts Medea, the wife of Jason, seconds away from killing their child with her sword. Medea traveled to Corinth to found out that her husband had married another woman. To exact her revenge on Jason, she killed his new wife, as well as their own children to end his line. The city of Corinth is depicted in the background of the engraving.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22749
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22749_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Medea; Jason; Murder; Infanticide; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology