Legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa
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Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2045846iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
Perseus, dismounted from Pegasus, after rescuing Andromeda. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after A.F. Oeser after P.P. Rubens.
Peter Paul RubensDate: [1754?]Reference: 3183093i
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Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Perseus with Medusa's head. Coloured engraving.
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Perseus with the head of Medusa turning into stone Polydectes and his army. Engraving by C. Alberti after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1525.
Polidoro da CaravaggioDate: [between 1600 and 1609?]Reference: 2475262i
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Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
William HogarthDate: 1808Reference: 11379i