# Andromeda

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROMANELLI, Pasquale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-pasquale-r11356ac3b1c11e>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: White marble, height 146 cm

## Commentary

Ovid tells in the Metamorphoses how Andromeda, daughter of an Ethiopian king, was chained to a rock by the sea-shore as a sacrifice to a sea-monster. Perseus, the son of Danaë slew the monster and released Andromeda. While most artistic representations of the myth depict the moment in which Perseus comes to Andromeda&#39;s rescue, Romanelli represents the maiden in the midst of her peril, seemingly setting eyes on the monster for the first time.

## Related artworks

- [Ruth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-pasquale-r11356ac3b1c11e/ruth-rfd5e434011ac2d>)
- [Venus and Cupid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-pasquale-r11356ac3b1c11e/venus-and-cupid-r882fff6c51ff7c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)