Perseus Freeing Andromeda (Rubens) Perseus Freeing Andromeda (Rubens) Perseus Freeing Andromeda is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, executed in 1622. It is housed in the Gemäldegalerie of Berlin, Germany. The painting belonged the M. Pasquier collection in Rouen, which was auctioned in 1755 in Paris. In the 18th century it entered the collection of Frederick II of Prussia and, in 1830, it became part of the Berlinese museum collection. The scene is similar to another "Perseus Freeing Andromeda" by Rubens now in the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg. It depicts the Greek mythology hero Perseus in the act of freeing
Caspian Sea Monster the KM and flag of the Soviet Navy on its fuselage. The CIA branded the aircraft the "Kaspian Monster" after the KM markings, later becoming known as the "Caspian Sea Monster", while it actually stood for "Korabl-maket" meaning "Prototype ship" in Russian. The discovery, at the height of the Cold War, greatly concerned the CIA, who set up a dedicated task force and developed a purpose-built unmanned drone, "Aqualine", just to determine what the secret behind the vehicle was. The KM was initially assumed to be an unfinished conventional aircraft, but it was quickly determined that the vehicle could not