COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09173
Creator name:
Sellaio, Jacopo del
Creator dates:
ca. 1441-1493
Creator nationality:
Italian
Title:
Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts
View description:
full view with frame
Date:
ca. 1465
Date type:
creation
Repository name:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository name variant:
Met, the
Repository location:
New York, New York
Repository_inventory_ number:
09.136.2
Style_Period:
15th century
Style_Period name variant:
fifteenth century
Style_Period:
Renaissance
Style_Period:
Florentine
Subject:
Greek Mythology
Subject:
Jason (Greek Mythology)
Subject:
Argonauts (Greek Mythology)
Subject:
fighting
Subject:
fleece
Subject:
soldiers
Subject:
ships
Subject:
seas
Subject:
landscapes (representations)
Subject:
architecture
Subject:
castles (fortifications)
Culture:
Italian
Category:
Paintings
Work_type:
tempera paintings
Material_Technique:
tempera on wood; gilt ornaments
Measurement:
49.8 x 142.2 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
From the MMA site: "These two paintings likely once adorned a marriage chest (cassone) or served as decorative paneling (spalliera) in a domestic setting."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09172.JPG
