Medea Rejuvenating Aeson, ca. 1760, Oil on canvas, 29 x 21 1/2 in. (73.7 x 54.6 cm), Paintings, Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, Molfetta 1703–1766 Naples), The subject from Ovid's Metamorphoses depicts the sorceress Medea rejuvenating with spells her husband's father Aeson, whose body lies in the middle of a magic circle. Two altars, dedicated to Hecate and to Youth, are near the figures, and a black sheep has been sacrificed on one of them
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Medea Rejuvenating Aeson, ca, 1760, Oil, canvas, 29 x 21 1/2, 73.7 54.6 cm, Paintings, Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, Molfetta, 1703–1766, Naples, subject, Ovid, Metamorphoses depicts, sorceress Medea, rejuvenating, spells, husband, father, body lies, middle, magic circle, Two altars, dedicated, Hecate, Youth, figures, black sheep, sacrificed
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