Perseus and Andromeda

1932, oil on canvas, 44 h x 50 w inches

Signed and dated to lower right “Louis Grell 1932′. Signed to verso ‘By Louis Grell’.

The story: The myth of Perseus and Andromeda tells how the hero Perseus, flying home after slaying the Medusa, saw the princess Andromeda chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. He fell in love with her and, after her father promised her hand in marriage, Perseus killed the monster and saved her. He either used the head of the Medusa to turn the beast to stone or fought and slew it with his sword.