In the foreground, Andromeda is shown bound to a rock, her arms stretched back as she turns to look toward Perseus, who descends through the air astride the winged horse Pegasus. Sword raised, he prepares to strike the sea-monster, which rises snorting from the water below. At Andromeda’s feet are scattered a variety of seashells, while to the right grow a cluster of flowering plants. Behind them, trees lend depth to the landscape. The inner surface of the shell bears the inscription Andromeda Perseus. With this piece, Bellekin transforms the natural beauty of the shell into a scene drawn from classical myth, producing a work that accords precisely with the seventeenth-century taste for rare and curious objects.