Perseus and Andromeda / Artist Unknown, Germany

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Accession Number: 1970/2.51
Title: Perseus and Andromeda
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Artist Nationality: German
Medium and Support: pen, black ink and wash, heightened with white on grey paper
Object Creation Date: 1577
Credit Line: Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
Inscription: Inscribed along lower edge of drawing in brown ink in an old hand: MARURINO (?)1577
Dimensions: 51.88 cm x 51.88 cm (20 7/16 in. x 20 7/16 in.)
Century: 16th century
Primary Keywords: andromeda; mythology; reclining; spear; trees; winged
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; creatures; figures; iconography; objects; people and occupations; plants; spears; the natural world; weaponry
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 821 x 843
File Size: 62 KB
Record: 1970/2.51
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1970-sl-2.51/1970_2.51.jpg

In public portfolios: Aleksic, f16 - Myth of Women (59); Greco-Roman mythology (116); Greek cultural influence (140); Human-animal metamorphosis (50); Myth and Women (53)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1970-SL-2.51:1970_2.51.JPG

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Full citation: "Perseus and Andromeda; Artist Unknown, Germany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1970-sl-2.51/1970_2.51.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.