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  • Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.
  • Many figures including a woman identified as Venus gambling with Cupid, evidence of torture and tumult. Engraving.
  • Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea and Alberico Curioni in the role of Jason: Medea professes her love for Jason. Lithograph by J. Hayter, 1827.
  • Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.