Plate 41: Perseus Killing Medusa (Anguiparum Meduse caput praescundit Perseus), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta · Italian
Date: 1606
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 4 1/2 in. (10.2 × 11.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Medusa, Pegasus, Perseus, Swords
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Date range
1606 – 1606
Largest dimension
11.5 cm
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