Troy, Jean-François de, 1679-1752. “Jason Taming the Bull of Aeëtes,” oil on canvas. University of Birmingham, Barber Institute inv. nos. 61.1.

Scenes from Jason’s struggle with the bulls, derived from Ov. Met. 7.110-21. The oil sketch was worked up after 1742 as painting in Musée Crozatier, Le Puy. The painting served as design for one of a seven-tapestry set narrating Jason’s adventures. Cf. two related sketches in the English National Gallery and the tapestry set in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

 

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Spencer-Longhurst, Paul. 1999. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: Handbook. The University of Birmingham, UK. P. 39