Fireplace Plate "jason Et Les Argonautes" (127 X 90 Cm )

Important fireplace plaque dating from the last quarter of the eighteenth or early nineteenth century, representing a mythological scene of Jason and the Argonauts; in the background a ship illustrates her journey in search of the golden fleece of the marvelous ram, which is suspended from an oak and guarded by a dragon, once reported it announces a blessed reign and represents a talisman of power, even immortality and a pledge of fertility. Two bulls bellowing, for their strength and their bravery, complete the picture, a quiver and a beam as symbol of the victorious Republic are at his feet.