Henner depicts Ovid's heroine naked and chained to the rock, waiting for Perseus, her liberator.
Painted on a cigar box lid with the blue of the label showing through, this painting is undoubtedly one of the many preparatory sketches for the Andromède of 1880, unless it is a later variation on the subject, Henner having the habit of reworking his compositions and making small repetitions for amateurs.
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