Proportions
Perseus and Andromeda
| Catalogue ID | 1.26a |
|---|---|
| Artist | Antonio Tempesta (1555 - 1630) |
| Object type | |
| Date | 1560-1630 |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) |
| Inv. no. | RP-P-H-G-137-5 |
| Tech. / support | etching, paper |
| Measures | 104 × 1118 mm |
| Subject | 94P21 — Perseus and Andromeda 94P2111 — Perseus, riding on Pegasus, kills the sea monster 94P2112 — Andromeda chained to the rock |
Etching depicting the rescue of Andromeda: Perseus, brandishing a sword, swoops down through the sky on the winged horse Pegasus toward a coiling, open-mouthed sea monster in the waves at lower left. At right, the nude Andromeda kneels chained by the wrist to a rocky outcrop, recoiling from the beast.
No musical work linked.
Bartsch 677
Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025
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