print
- Museum number
- V,8.41
- Description
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Perseus holding the head of Medusa, whose blood is cascading onto the ground, giving birth to Pegasus, and whose decapitated body is seen lying at right; beyond, at right, two figures hiding behind a rock; after Giulio Romano (?)
Etching
- Production date
- 1550-1600 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 275 millimetres
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Width: 192 millimetres (sheet)
- Curator's comments
- The print, which according to Massari is the work of a Venetian artist from the second half of the 16th century, is purportedly after Giulio Romano, based on a drawing (with grid lines) of Perseus in combat with the dragon with Andromeda.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- V,8.41