The subject was particularly favoured in the renaissance with memorable works by artists such as Titian (London Wallace collection) and Rubens was probably paying homage to his Venetian predecessor.  Andromeda was chained to a rock by the seashore by a sea monster. Perseus flying overhead fell in love with her and in the picture he is shown arriving to save Andromeda from her captor. This well painted picture reflects Rubens’ own Perseus and Adromeda in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin which is generally dated to the very last years of his life c1638-1640. There are numerous small differences between this composition and the Rubens, and this is also true of the three other versions of the composition.

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