A marble statue titled "Medea," by the American sculptor William Wetmore Story, modeled 1865, carved 1868, showing the sorceress of Greek myth deliberating before her act of vengeance against Jason. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 94.8a to d, The American Wing, gift of Henry Chauncey, 1894.
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Attributed ToWilliam Wetmore Story, an American sculptor and a leading figure among the expatriate American artist community in Rome. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Jason, Figures This source names Jason directly: "before her act of vengeance against Jason."
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Medea, Figures The Met's own title for this marble statue is the subject's name outright, "Medea," and the museum's own Getty AAT-linked tag confirms it, a direct naming rather than a bare tag on an untitled scene.
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