Perseus Saving Andromeda
Giovanni David
1775
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 11 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (30.4 x 21.6 cm) Sheet: 12 13/16 x 14 7/8 in. (32.5 x 37.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 2001
Accession Number
2001.741
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Female NudesAndromedaPerseusPegasusMen
About the Artist
Giovanni David · 1749–1790
Giovanni David (1743–1790) was a Genoese painter and etcher whose brief career, shaped by distinguished patronage and wide-ranging travel, produced a body of work remarkable for its experimental verve. Born in Genoa, he came under the protection of Count Giacomo Durazzo, a cultivated Genoese nobleman and diplomat who became the defining figure of his artistic life. Durazzo sponsored David's traini...