The Call of Perseus
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
The Rock of Doom
As he travels back to Seriphos Perseus spies a beautiful young woman chained to a rock, as William Morris puts it, 'Naked, except for tresses of her hair'. This is the luckless Andromeda whose mother had boasted of her beauty and incurred the wrath of Poseidon. In order to break the sea god's curse Andromeda is to be sacrificed to a sea serpent. Burne-Jones shows Perseus revealing himself to the girl who looks demurely embarrassed rather than terrified at her predicament. Perseus immediately falls in love and resolves to save her.
← Back to the Collection| Medium | mixed media on paper |
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| Dimensions | 1540mm x 1286mm |
| Acquisition Number | SOTAG : 107 |
| Credit Line | Purchased in 1934 through the Chipperfield Bequest Fund |
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Perseus and the Graiae
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Perseus and the Sea Nymphs (The Arming of Perseus)
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The Finding of Medusa
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The Death of Medusa II
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Atlas Turned to Stone
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The Doom Fulfilled
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The Baleful Head
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The Death of Medusa I
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898)