John Singer Sargent sketched and painted numerous studies of this sculpture in its setting in the Loggia dei Lanzi, including a 1902 oil painting showing a night time view of it.
John Singer Sargent sketched and painted numerous studies of this sculpture in its setting in the Loggia dei Lanzi, including a 1902 oil painting showing a night time view of it. The marble base is decorated with grotesque figures, and among the four bronze statues placed in the niches are Zeus, Athena, and Hermes. All were figures in the life of the title character, who wears only a shoulder strap and a winged helmet as he triumphantly stands over a mutilated female corpse. FTP, name this Benvenuto Cellini statue showing the son of Danae holding the head of a Gorgon.
John Singer Sargent sketched and painted numerous studies of this sculpture in its setting in the Loggia dei Lanzi, including a 1902 oil painting showing a night time view of it.
{Perseus} with the Head of Medusa or {Perseus} and Medusa or {Perseus} Beheading Medusa