# Andromeda and the Nereids [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CHASSÉRIAU, Théodore]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 92 x 74 cm ## Commentary Andromeda in Greek mythology, princess of Ethiopia, daughter of King Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, and Cassiopeia. According to most legends Cassiopeia angered Poseidon by saying that Andromeda \(or possibly Cassiopeia herself\) was more beautiful than the nereids. Poseidon sent a sea monster to prey upon the country; he could be appeased only by the sacrifice of the king’s daughter. Andromeda in sacrifice was chained to a rock by the sea; but she was rescued by Perseus, who killed the monster and later married her. Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda were all set among the stars as constellations. The painting was one of Chassériau's masterpieces exhibited at the Salon of 1841. ## Related artworks - [Desdemona Retiring to her Bed]() - [Medea about to Kill her Children]() - [Orientalist Interior: Nude in a Harem]() - [Peace]() - [Reverend Father Dominique Lacordaire]() - [Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [The Artist's Sisters]() - [The Tepidarium \(detail\)]() - [The Tepidarium]() - [The Toilet of Esther]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()