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Perseus Beheads Medusa
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Perseus Beheads Medusa

anonymous · 1673 - 1709 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Perseus is about to behead Medusa. Minerva and Mercury stand beside him. To the right lies a winged figure with snake hair. In the margin, a one-line inscription in Latin. Scene from the fourth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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Credit linePerseus onthoofdt Medusa. 1673 - 1709. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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