Perseus and the head of Medusa 5
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- Title:
- Perseus and the head of Medusa 5
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- Site:
- The original is a chalcedony in the office of the Emperor of Florence.
- Location:
- The original is a chalcedony in the office of the Emperor of Florence.
- ID Number:
- GI_12_111
- Accession Number:
- 12_3_0132
- Winckelmann No.:
- 132
- File Name:
- GI_12_111.jpg
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- casts (sculpture)
paste (glass) - Subject:
- Perseus
sword of Mercury
head of Medusa
Minerva - Description:
- Perseus standing holding the head of Medusa above and behind his own head in his right hand
in his left is the sword of Mercury. His shield is beside him. Behind him is a statue of Minerva on a pedastal to mark that she aided him in his expedition. - Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.