Artist: Max Beckmann
Museum: Museum Folkwang (Essen, Germany)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Perseus, a son of Zeus, is a figure of antique mythology whose heroics have been portrayed by numerous artists up into modern times; the most well-known episode is the liberation of Princess Andromeda. The wife of King Cepheus boasted of being prettier than the nymphs of the sea, thus offending Poseidon, the god of the sea. To pacify his anger, Cepheus had to sacrifice his daughter, Andromeda. Promising to marry her, Perseus saved her from certain death at the last minute. In the central panel, Beckmann shows the moment of liberation; to the left the imminent wedding is shown and to the right, the myth is related to the artist
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