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Perseus Trampling Medusa and Exhibiting Her Severed Head

ArtistCellini, Benvenuto
Artist Info.Italy 1500-1571
Viewdetail of pedestal
Date1545-54
SubjectSculpture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialbronze
CollectionItaly, Florence, Loggia dei Lanzi
Add'l. Info.Florence, Loggia dei Lanzi
Saskia No.Lid-0178