Vignette with Jason and Medea Socio Ditata Labore (title on object), Jason has just won the Golden Fleece. He gets into his ship with Medea. To the right lies the defeated dragon on the ground under the tree on which the Fleece hung. The performance is set in an ornamental frame with a reference to book VII of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, the Argonauts and Medea go aboard, pursued by the Colchians, the Golden Fleece, hanging on an oak-tree, is seized by Jason, Jan Wandelaar (mentioned on object), Noord-Nederland, 1702 - 1759, paper, engraving, h 82 mm × w 126 mm
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Vignette, Jason, Medea Socio Ditata Labore, title, object, won, Golden Fleece, gets, ship, Medea, right lies, defeated dragon, ground under, tree, Fleece hung, performance, set, ornamental frame, reference, book VII, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Argonauts, Medea go aboard, pursued, Colchians, hanging, oak-tree, seized, Jan Wandelaar, mentioned, Noord-Nederland, 1702, 1759, paper, engraving
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