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A nude male, wearing a military helmet and carrying a sword, has one arm outstretched, holding a severed head. Download this artwork (provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art). This bust represents a partial study for his marble statue Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa (1797–1801). Perseus, with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova, depicts the Greek mythological story of Perseus beheading Medusa, a hideous woman-faced Gorgon whose hair was turned to snakes and anyone that looked at her was turned to stone. (By Antonio Canova, 1804-6 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Perseus with the Head of Medusa Antonio Canova (Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice) 1804-1806 courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Accademia sculptural reliefs are Canova’s original plaster working models.

The hero is shown with the winged cap, the sandals of Mercury and the sword which had been given to him in order to complete this task. The great Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova dominated the artistic scene in Rome at the turn of the 19th century. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Antonio Canova, Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1804–1806), Marble, 95 1/2 × 75 1/2 × 40 1/2 in Perseus with the Head of Medusa 1804–6 Antonio Canova Italian This Perseus, purchased by Countess Valeria Tarnowska of Poland, is a replica of Canova's famed marble of Perseus in the Vatican, conceived about 1790 and first shown in 1801.

Perseus with the Head of Medusa is the famous statue by Benvenuto Cellini, found in Florence in piazza della Signoria, under the Loggia dei Lanzi, and one of the most important examples of Italian Mannerist sculpture.. Cellini, one of the greatest goldsmiths of the Renaissance, was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici to sculpt this work in 1545.. Perseus with the head of Medusa, now regarded as one of the masterpieces of 16th-century Florentine art, has all the hallmarks not just of a great work of art, but that of a fantastic and uniquely Florentine story, too.. Perseus and Medusa. Learn more about this artwork. Perseus With The Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi, where it has been nearly continuously since its completion around 1554.The statue was removed for cleaning and restoration in the late nineties, and perhaps is was moved (or sandbagged) during WW II. The statue shows the triumphant Perseus holding the severed head of the Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. Perseus Triumphant, sometimes called Perseus with the Head of Medusa, was created by the celebrated representative of Neo-Classicism, the sculptor Antonio Canova. Historically, the tale of Perseus and how he killed the beast-woman, Medusa, is from eons before, however, the artist chose to recreate this scene from Greek mythology. This sculpture is after Antonio Canova's marble statue of 1801, now in the Vatican Museum, Rome. Perseus is depicted triumphant with the severed head of Medusa in his left hand. He is shown in a winged hat (the 'Cap of Hades'), winged sandals lent to him by Hermes and a …