Andromeda is Daniel Chester French's last work and the only marble sculpture by the artist at Chesterwood. French held a fascination with the female form and was inspired by the modern woman in his creation of Andromeda. She "has reached a perfection which woman hasn't achieved since the days of Greece...She has intellectual freedom, and she has physical freedom," ("At 80 Starts His Masterpiece," New York Sun, April 21, 1930).

In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Casseopeia and Cepheus. Her mother bragged about her beauty to the point that Poseidon decided to punish her for her arrogance. Andromeda was chained nude to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. Perseus rescued her and they later married.

An earlier work by French, Memory, is another significant female figure seen in the full-size plaster model in the Studio. French stated in correspondence from February 1919 that she is "reflecting in the mirror which she holds, not her own face, but what is behind her." The marble statue can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

Immortal Love (Sons of God Saw Daughters of Men That They Were Fair) is compositionally based on a photograph of the Yellowstone geyser erupting that French had seen. The subject refers to the captivation of the divine sons of God with the human daughters of men from Genesis.