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Andromeda (Andromède)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
François Boucher
Title
Andromeda (Andromède)
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
Late in life Boucher became Louis XV’s premier painter, but he began his career working as an etcher, tasked with reproducing drawings by other artists. Boucher’s effortless etching style is a testament to his excellent draftsmanship, a skill that served him well not only as a painter but as a designer of tapestries, ceramic figurines, and other decorative goods. Here, in one of his own compositions, Boucher portrays the climax of the Greek myth when Perseus swoops in to rescue the princess Andromeda, who was chained to a rock cliff as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus.
Date 1734
date QS:P571,+1734-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print
Dimensions Sheet: 32.5 x 23.5 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
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Accession number
2016.7
Place of creation France, 18th century
Credit line Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.7

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Andromeda (1732). Etching, 32.5 x 23.5 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.). Cleveland Museum of Art

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