Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
Alternate Title:
Perseo libera Andromeda
Image View:
Central detail, Perseus kills the dragon wearing his winged sandals
Creator:
Piero di Cosimo (Italian painter, 1462-1521)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 1536
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
ca. 1510-1513 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
70 cm (height) x 123 cm (width)
Subjects:
landscape; mythology (Classical); dragons; mythical creatures
Description:
Piero worked primarily in tempera on panel, although he appears frequently to have used both egg and oil media in the same picture. In the first phase of his career, Piero was influenced by the Netherlandish naturalism of Hugo van der Goes and frequently painted detailed scenes from classical mythology. The painting 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 I de' Medici's personnel. (Source: Virtual Uffizi Gallery [website]; https://www.virtualu ffizi.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PCOSIMO-PRA-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Perseus Rescuing Andromeda