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Jan Saenredam

Perseus Freeing Andromeda, 1601

Description

Maker

  • Jan Saenredam, 1565-1607, Dutch
  • After Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617, Dutch

Title

Perseus Freeing Andromeda

Year

1601

Medium

Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 25.2 x 17.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--inscribed, LL:Cum privil. Sa. Ca. M ; inscribed, LR:[HG monogram] Invent. I. Savreda(a with a line above it) Sculp./A°. 1601 ; inscribed, LC:Andromed en Perseus magno miseratus amore,/Occidit sevum memorandâ morte draconem.C. Schoneus.

Identification

State

3rd of 3

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Georgiana Sayles Aldrich & Edgar J. Lownes Funds

Object Number

80.152

About

In classical mythology, Andromeda was punished for her mother’s arrogance by being chained to a rock and offered as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus. Flying on his winged horse, Pegasus, the Greek hero Perseus saved Andromeda from her gruesome fate. Offering artists the opportunity to depict the female nude, fantastic monsters, and dynamic action, this story was popular subject matter during the Renaissance. An engraving by Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius appears to have inspired Giuseppe Cesari’s painting, hanging at the right. This print was engraved some years later by Jan Saenredam, Goltzius’s pupil.

In Plate--inscribed, LL:Cum privil. Sa. Ca. M ; inscribed, LR:[HG monogram] Invent. I. Savreda(a with a line above it) Sculp./A°. 1601 ; inscribed, LC:Andromed en Perseus magno miseratus amore,/Occidit sevum memorandâ morte draconem.C. Schoneus.

3rd of 3
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Projects & Publications

Publications

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

Use

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