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Perseus and Andromeda is an oil painting by the Lord Frederic Leighton, a masterful depiction of the Greek mythologycal theme of Andromeda.

Legend
Andromeda is the daughter of the arrogant Cassiope, the  queen of  Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia)  The Queen in her vanity was boasting that she was more  beautiful than the sea nymps, and the God of sea,  Poseidon as a revenge for the Queen's  arrogance has decided to send  a  sea monster to haunt the coast of Ethiopia and the kingdom of the vain Queen, as a divine punishment. The Queen and King Cepheus decided to sacrifice her daughter instead, and  Andromeda was tied by the sea at the rocks, in chains. She was saved from death by Perseus, her future husband. Perseus, returning from having slain the Medusa, fell in love when riding on the winged horse Pegasus, found Andromeda and slew the monster Cetus. He set her free, and married her in spite of Andromeda having been previously promised to Phineus. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of the Medusa's head.

Painting
Perseus is depicted flying above the head of Andromeda, flying by on his winged horse Pegasus. The hero is shooting an arrow, that hits the seamonster, surrounded by a halo of light. Andromeda's almost naked, twisted body is cowered by wings of the dark  creature, the dark masses of his body creates a  play of light against dark, the white body The  mythological theme of Andromeda is depicted in a dramatic manner.

Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton),