Engraver: René Boyvin, French, ca. 1525-1598, After: Leonard Thiry, Flemish, active 1536 France, died 1550, Aeetes Accepts the Dismembered Corpse of Absyrte, plate 16 from The Story of Jason and The Conquest of The GoldenFleece, Engraving, platemark: 15.9 × 23.1 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/8in.), This print isfrom a series of twenty-six engravings that depict some of the climactic moments in the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The compositions and framing elements of this series demonstrate the influence of the decoration of the Gallery of Francis I—particularly the stucco work—on later artists such as Léonard Thiry, a Flemish painter who worked at the chteau from 1535 onward. While at Fontainebleau, Thiry made drawings based on the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, which were then copied by the French engraver René Boyvin, who worked in Paris in the second half of the sixteenth century. Such engravings promoted the style and decorative vocabulary of the School of Fontainebleau and s