Perseus and Andromeda (Lemoyne)
Perseus and Andromeda is a 1723 oil on canvas painting by the French artist François Lemoyne (1688-1737), measuring 184 by 151 cm.[1] It is now in the Wallace Collection in London, which also houses Titian's version of the same subject, whose composition Lemoyne borrowed and reversed for his work.[2]
It depicts Andromeda's rescue by Perseus as told in Book IV of Ovid's Metamorphoses.[3] According to Donat Nonnotte, the painting's first owner was François Berger.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Catalogue entry".
- ^ Jean-Luc Bordeaux, François Lemoyne and his generation, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Arthena, 1985, p.90
- ^ "ArtUK entry".
- ^ Jean-Luc Bordeaux, François Lemoyne and his generation, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Arthena, 1985, p. 91
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