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
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...