Title of Artwork: “Perseus and Andromeda”

Artwork by Peter Paul Rubens

Year Created 1620-1621

Summary of Perseus and Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens’ painting Perseus and Andromeda, painted in 1622 after Perseus’ victory over the Gorgon, depicts the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda.

All About Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus’ shield appears to reflect the Gorgon in the artwork. Additionally, Tobiano Pegasus, the goddess of glory and a group of putti can be seen in the painting. Part of the bottom of the painting shows Cetus, who was killed earlier by Perseus.

Even after Rubens’ death, a 1684 engraving of the facade of Rubens’ house in Antwerp, which depicts the painting through the second-floor window, shows it. The Russian Hermitage Museum purchased the painting from Heinrich von Brühl’s collection in the summer of 1769. A new home has been found for it at the Hermitage Museum’s Rubens Hall, located on the museum’s second floor.

Information Citations

En.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/.