Print, Alcove with the Daughters of Pelias Assassinating their Father, 1658–1703

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and published by Nicolas Langlois and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1658–1703 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 19.1 × 26.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.) Platemark: 16.5 × 22.4 cm (6 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.) Image: 14.7 × 21.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left : Chez N. Langlois rue St. Jacques avec Privil.; lettered lower right: Inventé et Gravé par J. le Pautre

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: les filles de Pelias à linstigution de Medée qui leur prometoit à lexemple d’Aeson qu’elle avoit rajeuny par la vertu puissante de ses / en chantemens de remettre leur Pere en sa premiere jeunesse jle viennent égorger dans son lit mais se voyant abusée elles tournent leur rage contre Medée qui seretire sur son char tiré par deux Dragons volans Metam. L.7.me; inscribed in graphite lower right margin : 61

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