
Andromeda Chained to the Rocks
The story
The Ethiopian princess Andromeda is chained to a cliff, terrified, with no rescuer in sight — a moment from Ovid that usually shows Perseus arriving to save her. Rembrandt painted her around 1630 as a frightened naturalistic girl, leaving Perseus out to keep the focus on her fear. His earliest full-length female nude.
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Year
- 1630
- Period
- Baroque
- Where it lives
- Mauritshuis
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share