Perseus Rescuing Andromeda

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Andromeda hangs shackled to a rock while in the background, Perseus slays the sea monster.

Perseus rescuing Andromeda.

(P. 51.)

Artist

Name:: Alder, Émile
Dates:: 1870-1933
Country:: Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Woodcut
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Ottawa Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Le sang des dieux
Author:: Lorrain, Jean
Publisher:: Paris: Édouard-Joseph, 1920
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Description:

Andromeda hangs languidly from the shackle that keeps her left arm tethered to a rock while in the background, Perseus appears riding Pegasus and slays the sea monster—which looks conspicuously like a crocodile—with his spear.

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