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Perseus and Andromeda by Joachim Eteval

Perseus and Andromeda by Joachim Eteval

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.

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