"Catasterism of Perseus and Andromeda". Oil on canvas. Signed "Escobar (signature) fecit 1662" in the lower left corner. On the back notarial text, dated June 30, 1977, in which Mr. Juan Eduardo Iriarte Seigne attributes the work to Alonso de Escobar. Old frame with some deterioration.
This work represents the transformation of Perseus and Andromeda into constellations. Escobar could have been inspired by the work "The kidnapping of Oritia by the Bóreas wind" from the Metamorphoses and in the "Kidnapping of Deyanira" by Solomon. The arrangement of Andromeda''s arms in a cross corresponds to the shape of the constellation. The wings of Perseus denote the immortal soul of the hero. The landscape follows Tempesta models.
The hinds and the golden apple refers to the theft of apples from the garden of the Hesperides, seeking immortality, attributed to Perseus instead of Hercules by Ovid.
This last work of the cycle symbolizes the prudent hero who triumphs over vice and ascends to virtue. 116 x 164cm
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