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Sketches from the Picture Exhibitions: "Perseus", C. N. Kennedy - New Gallery, 1890. Creator: Carl Hentschel.

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Sketches from the Picture Exhibitions: "Perseus", C. N. Kennedy - New Gallery, 1890. Engraving of a painting. 'Mr. C. N. Kennedy may fairly be credited with originality as well as power in his treatment of "Perseus" (162), for this is, perhaps, the first occasion on which Andromeda has been represented as reposing on a rock almost on a level with her champion's head. Perseus, who has hastened to her rescue, has not thought it worth while to bring his sword, but relies wholly on the Medusa's head, before which the monster is gradually turning into the rocks upon which the tideless sea will evermore beat. The idea is a poetic one, and Mr. Kennedy has treated it skilfully and with feeling'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A57_373

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,3Mo (1,1Mo) / 10,1cm x 15,6cm / 1196 x 1848 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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