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perseus with the head of medusa, antonio canova, metropolitan museum of art

Perseus with the head of Medusa, Antonio Canova, 1804-6, Italian, Rome, marble.

This Perseus is a replica of Canova's famed 1801 marble of 'Perseus Triumphant' in the Vatican.

 

Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court.

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art or “The Met,” founded in 1870, is located on the edge of New York’s Central Park / Museum Mile and is one of the largest and most visited museums / art galleries in the world. A permanent collection of over two million items is spread over seventeen departments.

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