Paulus Bor, 1640 - The Disillusioned Medea - fine art print

Artwork description from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

In ancient myth, the sorceress Medea fell in love with the hero Jason and helped him to steal the fleece of a golden ram from her father. After having two sons with her, Jason abandoned Medea, driving her to murder their children as well as his new bride. Bor shows Medea before this dreadful act, slumped in melancholy. The artist devoted careful antiquarian attention to the backdrop of a pagan altar adorned with garlands, an ox skull, and a smoldering lamp, but his Medea resembles an ordinary young woman, prompting empathy and identification on the part of beholders.

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About the article

The more than 380 year old painting was created by the artist Paulus Bor. The original has the following size: 61 1/4 x 44 1/4 in (155,6 x 112,4 cm) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. Furthermore, this artpiece is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection. We are pleased to state that this artpiece, which belongs to the public domain is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Ben Heller, 1972. The creditline of the artwork is: Gift of Ben Heller, 1972. Besides, the alignment is in portrait format with an image ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width. The painter Paulus Bor was a European artist, whose artistic style can be classified as Baroque. The Dutch artist was born in 1601 in Amersfoort, Utrecht province, Netherlands and deceased at the age of 68 in 1669.

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