HTIA_001_031 PERSEUS FREEING ANDROMEDA (DETAIL) _ PIERO DI COSIMO 1510-1513/ LIPUTHA DI KÜRBLA 2022-2024 #HärraTeedeniImedeAed
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Piero di Cosimo (1462 - 1521) Perseus Freeing Andromeda (detail), possibly 1510 or 1513, oil on canvas, 70 cm × 123 cm (28 in × 48 in), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Perseus Freeing Andromeda by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo is mentioned in 1568 by Giorgio Vasari, who states that it was commissioned by Filippo Strozzi the Elder, and gifted by Giovanni Battista Strozzi to a member of Cosimo de' Medici's personnel.None of Piero di Cosimo's works are signed or dated, making a reconstruction of his stylistic development extremely tentative. The dating of this Andromeda Frees Perseus is therefore unclear. The work shows the mythological hero Perseus killing the monster who had entrapped Andromeda.Ovid tells in his 'Metamorphoses' how Andromeda, daughter of an Ethiopian king, was chained to a rock by the sea shore as a sacrifice to a sea monster. Perseus (the son of Danaë whom Jupiter caused to conceive after turning himself into a shower of golden rain) flying on Pegasus, the winged horse (or on winged sandals as depicted here), saw Andromeda from above and fell in love with her. After slaying the fearsome beast, he rescued the beautiful maiden and won her hand.Piero gave a great deal of attention to the background, perhaps inspired to the contemporary Flemish school details include the two characters with a turban on the left, the very detailed painting of the water on the shore, and the fantastic musical instruments. #PierreAugusteRenoir #Renoir #art #arthistory #paris #france #french #frenchart #français #impressionists #artist #Impressionism #portrait #pittore #pittura #pintor #pintura #peintre #peinture #impressionnisme #IntheGarden #imresionismo #Maler #Malerei #masterpiece #painting #painterRenoir Kuva vähem
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