Andromeda Chained to a Rock, Carlo Cesio, after Annibale Carracci, 1656

Title(s)

Andromeda Chained to a Rock
Andromeda aan rots geketend
Schilderingen in Palazzo Farnese te Rome (series title)
Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

11/29

Object number

RP-P-OB-35.918

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 31-2(4)
• Bartsch 31

Description

Andromeda, de dochter van een Ethiopische koning, is vastgeketend aan een rots. Op de achtergrond verslaat Perseus het zeemonster om Andromeda te kunnen komen redden. Scène uit de Metamorfosen van Ovidius. Een menigte op de kust kijkt toe.

Artist

• print maker: Carlo Cesio (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Carlo Cesio (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Annibale Carracci (mentioned on object)
• publisher: François Collignon (mentioned on object)
• Alexander VII (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Rome
after drawing by: Rome
after design by: Italy
publisher: Rome
Vaticaanstad

Dating

1656

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 269 mm × width 525 mm

What

• Perseus and Andromeda
• Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 47 commentary 1, p. 84, cat.nr. 31
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 47, p. 63, cat.nr. 31
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 21, p. 110, cat.nr. 31