Perseus and Andromeda, Oil on Canvas, Italian School 17th Century

Code: ARARPI0057279

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Perseus and Andromeda, Oil on Canvas, Italian School 17th Century

Code: ARARPI0057279

not available

Perseus and Andromeda, Oil on Canvas, Italian School 17th Century

Features

Artwork title:  Perseo e Andromeda

Artistic school:  Italian School

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Allegorical/Mythological Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Perseo e Andromeda

Oil on canvas. Italian School. The scene is focused on Adromeda, while the others figures, Perseus flying, the monster emerging from the water, the king and the queen witnessing on the shore, surround her. The young and beautiful Andromeda, Cepheus and Cassiopeia' daughter, kings of Ethiopia, was offered as a sacrifice to a see monster sent by Poseidon to devastate the kingdom's coasts because of an offence. The hero Perseus, just back from the beheading of Medusa the Gorgon, riding a flying horse, was enchanted by the girl chained to the rock so he faced the monster defeating it. The painting had alredy been restored and is displayed in a nineteenth-century frame.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 141
Width: 118
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 115
Width: 92

Additional Information

Artistic school: Italian School

Age: 17th Century / 1601 - 1700

17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject: Allegorical/Mythological Subject

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.

Technical specification: Oil on Canvas

The oil painting is a painting technique using powder pigments mixed with bases in inert and oils.
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