Plate: Perseus and Andromeda
Artist: Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, born ca. 1465-1470, died 1555)
Date: 1527
Dimensions:
Diam: 10 in.
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, known as maiolica; luster, polychrome
Place of Origin: Gubbio, Italy
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1962.38
Label Text:Armed with the winged horse Pegasus and the severed head of Medusa, whose gaze turns flesh to stone, Greek hero Perseus rescues the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. Perseus appears twice in the image.
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