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Neptune and Andromeda
Presented anonymously 1939
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
Andromeda
animals: fantastic
classical myths: gods and heroes
female
male
man
mythological
nudes
objects
people
Poseidon / Neptune
Poseidon / Neptune - trident
reclining
recoiling
religion and belief
rocky
sea monster
seascapes and coasts
symbols and personifications
trident
weapons
woman
painting tempera canvas
Neptune and Andromeda
support: 521 × 756 mm
Presented anonymously 1939
<strong>Alexandre Jacovleff</strong> 1887-1938
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/jacovleff-neptune-and-andromeda-n04992" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04992</span></a> <strong>Neptune and Andromeda (?)</strong> <em>c</em>.1937-8
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Stamped with a seal b.l. and b.r.<br/>
Tempera on canvas (irregular), approximately 20 1/2 x 29 3/4 (52 x 75.5)<br/>
Presented anonymously 1939<br/>
<em>Prov:</em> Purchased by the donor from Mme A. Jacovleff, the artist's mother, 1939
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Acquired under the title '<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/allegory" title="Glossary definition for 'Allegory'"><span>Allegory</span></a>'. On the left is Neptune, with his trident, and on the right a naked girl seated on a rock amid a raging sea; she raises one arm in an attitude of distress.
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It has been suggested that she is Andromeda, daughter of the Aethiopian King Cepheus and Cassiope. Neptune inundated her father's kingdom and sent a sea-monster to ravage the country because Cassiope had boasted of being fairer than the Nereides. After the oracle had been consulted, Andromeda was tied naked on a rock and exposed to the sea-monster; she was rescued by Perseus, who slew the monster by showing him Medusa's head and obtained her as his wife.
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There are possible indications of the sea-monster on the right.
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See also the note on <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N04990" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N04990');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N04990</span></a><!--  above -->.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
Ronald Alley, <em>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</em>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.373, reproduced p.373
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-14T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults Andromeda animals: fantastic classical myths: gods and heroes female male man mythological nudes objects people Poseidon / Neptune Poseidon / Neptune - trident reclining recoiling religion and belief rocky sea monster seascapes and coasts symbols and personifications trident weapons woman