Perseus frees Andromeda, 1760

Title

Perseus frees Andromeda

Draughtsman

• Noël Hallé

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert oben rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): hallé 1760

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Perseus
• Andromeda

Primary

• 94P212 Perseus frees Andromeda of her chains
• 25FF423 'hydrus' (watersnake)
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'