Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:

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