PerseusAndromeda2.0099

PerseusAndromeda2.0099_Kronberg

Hallwylska museet
Wikimedia Commons
OGCMA s.v. "Perseus and Andromeda"

Julius Kronberg (a.k.a. Johan Ferdinand Kronberg), 1850-1921, "Perseus Freeing Andromeda," ceiling mural in situ, 1918, Stockholm, Hallwylska Museet, Morning Room.

The image at right is derived from Wikipedia Commons which states the artwork is in the public domain.

Fresco depicting Perseus on Pegasus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus, with Cupids above.

V. Morgenthaler cites this piece in Reception of Myth and Mythology s.v. "Perseus".

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.