Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757–1822) | Perseus with the Head of Medusa | 1804–6
"Esto es Perseo, héroe mitológico...[El trabajo] muestra la tremenda influencia durante finales siglo XVIII y principios del XIX de estilo y temas del mundo de la antigüedad clásica."— Tom Campbell, Tour http://met.org/I21IGM del Director Antonio Canova (Italia, 1757–1822) | Perseo con la cabeza de Medusa | 1804–6

“This is Perseus, a mythological hero…[The work] shows the tremendous influence during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries of style and subject matter from the world of classical antiquity.” —Tom Campbell, The Director’s Tour http://met.org/I21IGM

Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757–1822) | Perseus with the Head of Medusa | 1804–6