File:Perseo e Andromeda Dioscuri.JPG

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English: Perseus and Andromeda

Français : Persée et Andromède Italiano: Perseo e Andromeda

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Title
English: Perseus and Andromeda
Français : Persée et Andromède
Italiano: Perseo e Andromeda
Description
  • Italiano: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. nr. 8998). Da Pompeii, Casa dei Dioscuri - Perseo libera la bella Andromeda tenuta prigioniera dal mostro marino inviato da Poseidone. Perseo tiene in mano la testa troncata di Medusa.
  • English: Wall painting from Pompeii found in the "Casa Dei Dioscuri"(VI,9,6) representing Perseus and Andromeda. Perseus is shown advancing to support Andromeda, who is fastened to a sea-cliff by one hand; the body of the sea-monster which Perseus has just killed is at lower left.
Date between 62 and 79
Medium fresco
medium QS:P186,Q25631150
Dimensions height: 128 cm (50.3 in); width: 106 cm (41.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,128U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,106U174728
institution QS:P195,Q637248
Current location
Naples, Italy.
Accession number
Inv. 8998
Object history House of Dioscuri, Pompeii (VI, 9, 6-7, peristillo 53)
Source/Photographer Photographed by Olivierw on 19 July 2009, 16:18.
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