Perseus with the Head of Medusa [SEP] inception
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545–1554. The sculpture stands upon a square base with bronze relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. The second Florentine duke, Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, commissioned the work with specific political connections to the other sculptural works in the piazza. When
the aegis of Athena; later used as a model for the Gorgon's head in Antonio Canova's marble "Perseus with the Head of Medusa" (1798–1801)
- "Medusa" (oil on canvas) by Leonardo da Vinci
- (bronze sculpture) by Benvenuto Cellini (1554)
- "Perseus and Medusa" – bronze statue by Hubert Gerhard (c. 1590)
- "Medusa" (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio (1597)
- "Head of Medusa", by Peter Paul