The painting was painted by the Dutch artist Joachim Eytewal based on the ancient Greek myth. The size of the picture is 180 x 150 cm, canvas, oil. Andromeda, in Greek mythology the daughter of the Ethiopian king Kefei. Lord of the seas, the god Poseidon sent a flood to Ethiopia and a terrible sea dragon devouring people.
The oracles predicted to avoid the destruction of the kingdom, it was necessary to bring an atoning sacrifice: to give the young daughter of King Andromeda to be eaten by a monster. The girl was chained at the foot of a cliff by the sea. There she saw Perseus, flying past with the head of the gorgon Medusa in his hands. He fell in love with Andromeda and, killing a dragon, freed a young beauty.
The painting, painted by the artist in the style of Mannerism, is one of the attractions of the Louvre Museum of this direction of painting.
