Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Sala del Perseo- Museo Vaticano

Artist Unknown

MediumAlbumen print

Dimensions7 x 10 1/8 in. (17.8 x 25.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of William Zewadski

Object number2010.52.20

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DescriptionA sepia-toned photograph of three sculptures by Antonio Canova in the Vatican Museum: Creugas (1796, marble), Perseus (1790, marble), and Damoxenos (1796, marble) from left to right. Perseus stands in the center of the composition. He is placed atop a pedestal in an arched alcove, draped in cloth and holding a sword in his right hand and the severed head of Medusa in his left. On either side of him lies a statue of a boxer, nude except for a fig leaf and preparing for a fight.