Image
Jan Saenredam
Description
Maker
- Jan Saenredam, 1565-1607, Dutch
- After Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617, Dutch
Title
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate/Image: 25.2 x 17.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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State
3rd of 3 Type
Credit
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Georgiana Sayles Aldrich & Edgar J. Lownes Funds
Object Number
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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.