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Perseus flies in to rescue Andromeda who is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to placate the sea monster sent by Poseidon to destroy her native country. Ovid, 'Metamorphoses' (IV, 783-960).
This is an old copy with slight variations of an original by Reni (Pallavicini collection, Rome) which is dated to about 1635.
This is an old copy with slight variations of an original by Reni (Pallavicini collection, Rome) which is dated to about 1635.
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