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| - See T.2-1951. (en)
- wool and silk, 1761, French; The story of Jason: Jason captures the golden fleece, Gobelins; Audran, De Troy, 1745. (en)
- The mythological story of Jason is synonymous with adventure and great feats of heroism. This tapestry belongs to a cycle of seven works relating the story of Jason's voyage with the Argonauts; their quest to capture the golden fleece, and their subsequent return to Greece. Particular emphasis is placed on one aspect of the story that is seldom explored: Jason and Medea.The cycle was woven in the celebrated Gobelins workshop to cartoons by François de Troy.
The fourth tapestry in the cycle, this scene illustrates the culmination of all Jason's efforts throughout his perilous journey: the capture of the golden fleece. Jason reaches up to cut the fleece down from an oak tree. At his feet lies the scaled beast that guarded the fleece, now fast asleep, under the spell of Medea's song.
De Troy has assigned Medea a secondary position in this tapestry, despite the integral role she played in the actual capture of the fleece. The princess stands to the left, supported by her attendants, looking on approvingly as Jason procures the fleece, not annointing the beast with magic salves, as she is related to have done by the poet Apollonius of Rhodes in <i>The Voyage of Argo</i>. Throughout the cycle de Troy depicts Medea as austere and aloof. This was no doubt to ascribe her the regal qualities expected of a princess but also to render her the foil to Jason's dynamism.
To the left we glimpse the masts of the Argonauts' waiting ship, preparing to depart for the return journey to Greece. (en)
- Under Medea's approving gaze, a triumphant Jason cuts down the golden fleece, one foot resting on the sleeping dragon, which is under Medea's spell. Behind Medea are the masts of the Argonauts' waiting ship, preparing for the return journey to Greece. (en)
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| - See T.2-1951. (en)
- wool and silk, 1761, French; The story of Jason: Jason captures the golden fleece, Gobelins; Audran, De Troy, 1745. (en)
- The mythological story of Jason is synonymous with adventure and great feats of heroism. This tapestry belongs to a cycle of seven works relating the story of Jason's voyage with the Argonauts; their quest to capture the golden fleece, and their subsequent return to Greece. Particular emphasis is placed on one aspect of the story that is seldom explored: Jason and Medea.The cycle was woven in the celebrated Gobelins workshop to cartoons by François de Troy.
The fourth tapestry in the cycle, this scene illustrates the culmination of all Jason's efforts throughout his perilous journey: the capture of the golden fleece. Jason reaches up to cut the fleece down from an oak tree. At his feet lies the scaled beast that guarded the fleece, now fast asleep, under the spell of Medea's song.
De Troy has assigned Medea a secondary position in this tapestry, despite the integral role she played in the actual capture of the fleece. The princess stands to the left, supported by her attendants, looking on approvingly as Jason procures the fleece, not annointing the beast with magic salves, as she is related to have done by the poet Apollonius of Rhodes in <i>The Voyage of Argo</i>. Throughout the cycle de Troy depicts Medea as austere and aloof. This was no doubt to ascribe her the regal qualities expected of a princess but also to render her the foil to Jason's dynamism.
To the left we glimpse the masts of the Argonauts' waiting ship, preparing to depart for the return journey to Greece. (en)
- Under Medea's approving gaze, a triumphant Jason cuts down the golden fleece, one foot resting on the sleeping dragon, which is under Medea's spell. Behind Medea are the masts of the Argonauts' waiting ship, preparing for the return journey to Greece. (en)
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