# Perseus and Andromeda

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MIGNARD, Pierre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 150 x 198 cm

## Commentary

Ovid tells how Andromeda, daughter of an Ethiopian king, was chained to a rock by the sea-shore as a sacrifice to a sea-monster. Perseus \(the son of Danaë whom Jupiter caused to conceive after turning himself into a shower of golden rain\) flying overhead on Pegasus, the winged horse, fell in love at first sight. He swooped down just in time, slew the monster and released Andromeda. The picture represents the moment following the freeing of Andromeda.

## Related artworks

- [Clio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/clio-r8bb017d5fcaa89>)
- [Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/equestrian-portrait-of-louis-xiv-rc292b2240808ea>)
- [Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/girl-blowing-soap-bubbles-rea3db86d06f14d>)
- [God the Father](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/god-the-father-r696af834207cef>)
- [Magnanimity of Alexander the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/magnanimity-of-alexander-the-great-r4f710bb813f398>)
- [Mystic Marriage of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-r9c7bcf5710f678>)
- [Portrait of Edouard Colbert, Marquis de Villacerf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/portrait-of-edouard-colbert-marquis-de-villacerf-r6259199f12ce2e>)
- [Portrait of Françoise-Marguerite, Countess of Grignan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/portrait-of-franoise-marguerite-countess-of-grignan-ra21066cbeeecc4>)
- [Portrait of Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/portrait-of-philippe-of-france-duke-of-orlans-rf911e7891db840>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/self-portrait-r6d2c4b8f848a55>)
- [The Heavenly Glory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/the-heavenly-glory-r74425c68330849>)
- [The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mignard-pierre-rbc32c04d516885/the-marquise-de-seignelay-and-two-of-her-children-r78aa0186c8c235>)

## Attribution

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