Scenes from the story of Argonauts

Biagio d'Antonio (1446-1516)

Sellaio, Jacopo del (ca. 1441-1493)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

15th century

Height:

61.3 cm  (24 1/8 in.)

Width:

152.7 cm  (60 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera and gold on wood, gilt ornaments

Description

The painting gives detailed account of Jason's conquest of the Golden Fleece: at the upper part Jason in the golden armor bidding farewell to King Pelias; at the right the death of the king at the hands of his daughter; below this, Jason with horse setting out to enlist companions; a man plays a flat-topped lute (details hardly visible, not clearly depicted); nearby, on the right side of Mount Pelion is the ship Argo; in the right foreground the hunt of the Calydonian boar.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3672