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[Perseus Triumphant]

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Date: about 1870–1890
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Study of Antonio Canova's sculpture "Perseus Triumphant" at the Vatican Museum. The statue depicts a nude male figure, Perseus, holding a sword in one hand and Medusa's head in the other. Perseus is wearing a helmet and has a cloth draped over his outstretched arm.

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