Perseo liberta a Andromeda · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Perseo liberta a Andromeda
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ethiopia; North Africa; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Andromeda, the daughter of King Cephus, chained to a rock amidst the sea. Andromeda was placed here to pay the penalty for something her mother had said. Perseus had been flying in the sky when he happened upon this scene and spotted the beauty of Andromeda. Perseus asked Andromeda who she was and where she came from, yet, before she could finish speaking, a great serpent had emerged from the sea. Andromeda’s parents agreed that they would allow Perseus to take Andromeda’s hand in marriage in exchange for killing the serpent and saving their daughter. Perseus is depicted coming down from the sky and piercing the chest of the serpent on the right side of the image.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24965
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24965_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Andromeda; Perseus; Hubris; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology