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Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. On his shoulders is the helmet that made him invisible, his sword Harpe and under his cloak is the severed head of Gorgon Medusa. Vignette of human heads sacrificed to Bacchus below. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790.
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Caption:
Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. On his shoulders is the helmet that made him invisible, his sword Harpe and under his cloak is the severed head of Gorgon Medusa. Vignette of human heads sacrificed to Bacchus below. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790.
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Image size:
4499 x 6164 px | 79.3 MB
Print size:
38.1 x 52.2 cm | 15.0 x 20.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANDROMEDA • ANTICHITA DI ERCOLANO • ANTIQUITIES OF HERCULANEUM • ART • ARTS • BACCHUS • CETUS • CLASSIC • CLOAK • COPPERPLATE • CULT • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FRESCO • GORGON • HARD HAT • HARD-HAT • HARDHAT • HARPE • HEADS • HELMET • INVISIBLE • LEGEND • MEDUSA • MYTHOLOGY • OFFERING • PAINTING • PERSEUS • POMPEI • POMPEII • PRINT • RESCUE • RITE • RITUAL • ROME • SACRIFICE • SACRIFICES • SEA MONSTER • SEVERED HEAD • SWORD • TOMMASO PIROLI • VIGNETTE • WATER
