Andromeda and the Sea Monster

A nude woman sits on a rocky outcrop in white marble, one arm raised toward the upper left and her head turned upward. Beside her a sea monster's gaping jaws and scaly head rise from the stone, with carved seaweed and shells below.

Look closer: Chains hang from the raised wrist, showing she is bound to the rock.

Artist

Domenico Guidi

Date

1694

Medium

Marble

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3152 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1967