Perseus Turning Phinneas to Stone with the Head of Medusa

Charles Monnet, 1767

This is a drawing depicting Perseus holding up the severed head of Medusa. Another figure, possibly Athena, hovers above with a spear and shield. Onlookers, likely soldiers or warriors, react to Medusa's head. The… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Charles Monnet ¹
Date: 1767 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink with brown and gray wash over traces of graphite, with double border line by the artist in pen and gray ink, on laid paper, laid down ¹
Original: 3,558 × 4,614 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection

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