Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, by Rembrandt

An image of Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height (plate) 240 mm, width (plate) 178 mm; height (sheet) 246 mm, width (sheet) 185 mm, 1648. State II/IV.

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height (plate) 240 mm, width (plate) 178 mm; height (sheet) 246 mm, width (sheet) 185 mm, 1648. State II/IV.

Image data

Accession Number: 23.k.5-207
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 778 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 346.00kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:08:08 14:53:11

Key words

17th Century 458392 Date Department Dutch Fitz_PDP Interior/Exterior Jason Medea Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Rembrandt Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd avenge avenging bridal bride bride and groom ceremonies ceremony church service churches congregation cursed drypoint etching groom husband husband and wife interior jealousy marriage mythological mythology print revenge weddings Artist/Maker

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025)
            "Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, by Rembrandt "
            Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-187964 Accessed: 2025-12-27 00:03:54

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-187964
            |title=Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, by Rembrandt 
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-27 00:03:54|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-187964

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp67/23_k_5_207_CE.jpg"
        alt="Medea"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, by Rembrandt </figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>