Art influenced by the art and themes of the Pre Raphaelites with biographies, auctions and information on these artists.
Monday, September 6, 2010
William De Morgan - Perseus and Andromeda
Price Realized £4,780
pencil and red chalk
11½ x 11¼ in. (29.3 x 28.7 cm.)
William De Morgan was both a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite manner and a designer of stained glass, pottery, tiles and ceramics, renowned for his work for Morris and Co..
Andromeda was sentenced by Poseidon to be sacrificed to a sea monster. Perseus used the head of Medusa to turn the monster to stone, and cut Andromeda free from the rock to which she had been chained.
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