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title: Perseus & Medusa by Canova
author: Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.)
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/919/perseus--medusa-by-canova/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Perseus & Medusa by Canova

_Authored by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.)_

## Image File

[![Perseus & Medusa by Canova](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/919.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/919.jpg)

## Image Caption

A marble statue of the [pan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Pan/)-[Hellenic](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/) hero [Perseus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Perseus/) wearing the cap of [Hades](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hades/) (which rendered the wearer invisible) and holding the head of the Gorgon [Medusa](https://www.worldhistory.org/Medusa/). (By Antonio Canova, 1804-6 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

## Cite This Work

### APA
N.Y.), M. H. (. a. t. M. M. o. A. (2012, October 13). Perseus & Medusa by Canova. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/919/perseus--medusa-by-canova/>
### Chicago
N.Y.), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,. "Perseus & Medusa by Canova." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 13, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/919/perseus--medusa-by-canova/>.
### MLA
N.Y.), Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,. "Perseus & Medusa by Canova." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Oct 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/919/perseus--medusa-by-canova/>.

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