Médée
Sarah Bernhardt as the Greek child-murdering mother with a bloody dagger.
Sarah Bernhardt played Médée at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1898. Mucha drew her as a dark, menacing figure, in sharp contrast to his softer posters.
The picture shows that Mucha did not only draw beautiful women: he could portray drama and a threatening mood with the same elegance.
Materials: Colour lithograph on paper
Manufacture: Printed as a colour lithograph in Paris in 1898.
The woman with the red dagger and the bloody hand.
The dark, troubled expression.
The heavy, decorated frame.