Cartouche: Perseus frees Andromeda, Abraham de Bruyn, 1584 print Cartouche with Perseus who, seated on the Pegasus horse, fights the sea monster. On the right andromeda chained on the rock. Oval cartouche in frame of figures and sea monsters against shaded background. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene. ornament ~ cartouche. sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster)

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