Gefecht auff der hochzeit Persei · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Gefecht auff der hochzeit Persei
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ethiopia
Description: This image illustrates the chaotic wedding banquet of Andromeda and Perseus. Seated at the table are Andromeda, King Cephus and other companions who were in good spirits and telling stories to one another. Phineus, the brother of King Cephus had interrupted the banquet to announce that Perseus had stolen Andromeda from him. Phineus throws a spear at Perseus and misses. This causes an uproar, and a battle breaks out. Perseus ends up using the decapitated head of Medusa to turn Phineus and those who attacked into stone.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21755
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_21755_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Perseus; King Cephus; Andromeda; Phineus; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Medusa; Weddings