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PIERO DI COSIMO | Liberazione di Andromeda | Uffizi, Sala 28 | Versione breve | La narrazione è di Viviana Fanizza, la voce di Ottavia Piccolo | Leggi la scheda completa dell'opera su uffizi.it    Piero di Cosimo | Perseus Freeing Andromeda |  Room 28 A clear sky, a warm embrace, perhaps the last one between Andromeda and Cassiopeia, the mother who had boasted she was the most beautiful Nereid. In order to punish her, Poseidon sent a monster to raid the kingdom of Andromeda’s father, Cepheus. The first time I saw this painting I was struck by the monster, a dragon that looks gentle rather than scary, like those creatures you can find inside a book of fairy tales. It could only have been painted by Piero di Cosimo, “artist of witty and extravagant invention”. Then, as my gaze moved over the canvas, I saw a girl tied to a tree. In the foreground, three despairing women. They are unable to look at what is happening. And I can’t look at them without a feeling of rage taking hold of me. A tragedy is