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Antonio Tempesta
Medea Urging the Daughters of King Pelias to Murder their Fatherpublished 1606

Not on view
Engraving of three classical figures in an interior, a bearded man and a partially draped woman gesturing toward a chest, with flames at left; Latin inscription below

Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson, Medea Urging the Daughters of King Pelias to Murder their Father, published 1606, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antonio Tempesta
Italy, Florence, 1555-1630
Publisher
Wilhelm Janson
Title
Medea Urging the Daughters of King Pelias to Murder their Father
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
published 1606
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (10.48 × 11.75 cm) Image: 4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.16 × 11.75 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
65.37.148
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.