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Lot Essay
Cette figure est une variante de celle conservée au musée du Louvre (inv. 3399) et de celle de la collection de Peter Marino. Elle représente Andromède enchainée à un rocher, attendant l'arrivée du monstre marin Cetus. Persée, sur la route du retour après avoir tué la Gorgone Méduse, aperçoit la captive et tue le monstre, libérant ainsi Andromède. La figure ici présente faisait partie de l'exposition pionnière French bronzes à New York (Fischer, loc. cit.). D'après Souchal, l'inscription 4675 au revers de la base est un numéro d'inventaire d'une collection royale française (Souchal, loc. cit.).
This is a variant of examples of the subject in the Louvre (inv. 3399) and the Peter Marino Collection, and depicts Andromeda chained to the rocks outside Jaffa, in modern Israel, to await the arrival of Cetus. On his return from slaying the Gorgons, Perseus saw the captive girl and killed the monster and liberated Andromeda. The present example was exhibited in the pioneering exhibition of French bronzes in New York (Fischer,loc. cit.). Souchal argued 'the number 4675, on the back of the base is an invent. of a Royal French collection' (Souchal, loc. cit.).
This is a variant of examples of the subject in the Louvre (inv. 3399) and the Peter Marino Collection, and depicts Andromeda chained to the rocks outside Jaffa, in modern Israel, to await the arrival of Cetus. On his return from slaying the Gorgons, Perseus saw the captive girl and killed the monster and liberated Andromeda. The present example was exhibited in the pioneering exhibition of French bronzes in New York (Fischer,loc. cit.). Souchal argued 'the number 4675, on the back of the base is an invent. of a Royal French collection' (Souchal, loc. cit.).