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Perseus and Andromeda, n. d.

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on wood
39.5×32 cm

Artists

  • Eduard Veith

    (Nový Jičín 1856–1925 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
This undated oil sketch by Eduard Veith (1858–1925) shows Perseus, son of Zeus, with the king’s daughter Andromeda, who he has saved. After her mother Cassiopeia had placed Andromeda’s beauty above that of the Nereids, Poseidon sent the sea monster Cetus as well as a flood as punishment to the country. According to a prophesy, Andromeda was to be sacrificed to save her homeland. Thus, the daughter of the Ethiopian king was chained to a rock. Perseus saved the beauty, vanquished the monster and took Andromeda to be his wife. While the topic was often rendered as a dramatic fight over a naked captive in Renaissance, Baroque and salon painting, Veith depicted the mythical couple standing and from the front, the defeated monster lying at their feet.

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Object data

Artist/author
  • Eduard Veith
Title
Perseus and Andromeda
Date
n. d.
Art movement
Historicism, Symbolism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on wood
Dimensions
39.5×32 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: E. VEITH
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1229
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
man/boywoman/girlnudemonsterseaspearmilitary clothing and other equipment (uniforms/cap/helmet)embracing/kissingstanding figurethunderstormrocks

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man/boywoman/girlnudemonsterseaspearmilitary clothing and other equipment (uniforms/cap/helmet)embracing/kissingstanding figurethunderstormrocks