Phineus mit seinen Verwandten in Stein · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Phineus mit seinen Verwandten in Stein
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ethiopia
Description: This engraving depicts Perseus turning his rivals, Phineus and his companions, into stone using the decapitated head of Medusa. Perseus is depicted on the right side of the engraving holding a shield that has the head of Medusa on the front. Perseus uses Medusa’s gaze to win a battle against Phineus, his bride Andromeda’s uncle, who had rivaled Perseus for Andromeda’s hand in marriage. The image depicts the chaotic battle with the men killing one another. The battle is won when Perseus turns them all into stone.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21760
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_21760_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Perseus; Phineus; Andromeda; Demi Gods; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Medusa; Battles