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ID number: BIRBI-61.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Troy, Jean-François de (1679-1752) Title / Object name: Jason taming the bulls of Aeëtes Object type: Painting Place made: Rome Culture: French Date made: 1742 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 55.3 x 128.9 cm (unframed) 77.2 x 149.6 x 11.7 cm (framed) Provenance: Purchased from the Hazlitt Gallery, May 1961, for £1,350 |
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Jason, in the centre, miraculously tames two fire-breathing bulls in his quest for the Golden Fleece. He is watched in amazement to the left by Aeetes, the King of Colchis, and by his daughter Medea. She was Jason’s lover and it was she who provided him with the magic herbs that protected him. Notes: Exhibited: 'France in the Eighteenth Century', Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 06 January 1968 - 03 March 1968; 'Painting First-Hand: Oil Sketches from Tintoretto to Goya', Museum Boymans-van Beuingen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10 December 1983 - 30 January 1984 |
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1 Related People | |
| Troy, Jean-François de French 1679 1752 | |
2 Related Publications | |
| The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier Loyrette, H. and Baillio, J. Wildenstein 2005 | |
| Les Peintres français du XVIIIe siècle Brière. G 1930 | |
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