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Andromeda
1912
20th Century
69 in. x 35 in. (175.26 cm x 88.9 cm)

Odilon Redon
(Bordeaux, 1840 - 1916, Paris)

Object Type:		Painting

Medium and Support:		oil on canvas

Credit Line:		Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of David Rockefeller, New York. 1963.012

Accession Number:		1963.012

Comments:		According to ancient Greek myth, Andromeda was a beautiful maiden who, to save her country, was sacrificed by being chained to a rock on the seashore to await destruction by a sea monster. The hero Perseus passed by, having just slain another monster, Medusa, and falling in love with Andromeda, killed the sea monster and received her hand in marriage.

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