# Perseus Liberating Andromeda

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MAFFEI, Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 200 x 145 cm

## Commentary

The painting comes from the Palazzo Nani. The Tintorettoesque approach of the paintings from the Palazzo Nani reaches a peak of expressionistic tension in the daring perspective view of Andromeda, who appears to have been broken up into a series of disconnected segments.

## Related artworks

- [Circe and Ulysses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/circe-and-ulysses-r726f2272b0f739>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Dominic and Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/madonna-and-child-with-sts-dominic-and-catherine-r518191ffd4b3ec>)
- [Perseus Beheading Medusa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/perseus-beheading-medusa-r88384185d13d98>)
- [Sight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/maffei-francesco-rb12df5066df75a/sight-r187932664ae750>)

## Attribution

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