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The Disillusioned Medea ("The Enchantress"). Artist: Paulus Bor (Dutch, Amersfoort ca. 1601-1669 Amersfoort). Dimensions: 61 1/4 x 44 1/4 in. (155.6 x 112.4 cm). Date: ca. 1640.
The moody Medea of Greek mythology, with her magic wand, slumps at the altar in a Temple of Diana. A similar work by Bor in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, depicts the obscure Cydippe and is probably this picture's pendant. In his Heroides the Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18) tells the tales of Medea jilted by Jason, and of Cydippe and Acontius finding true love. Most likely a patron, proud of his classical learning, commissioned the artist to treat what is essentially the popular Dutch theme of good and bad marriages.