Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Perseus Triumphant

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Perseus Triumphant
Alternate Title: 
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Image View: 
Detail, Perseus holds the severed head of Medusa
Creator: 
Antonio Canova (Italian sculptor, 1757-1822)
Location: 
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 969
Location Note: 
Pio Clementino Museum, Octagonal Court
GPS: 
+41.906389+12.454444
Date: 
ca. 1797-1801 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
sculpture
Material: 
marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
235 cm (height)
Description: 
The Perseus Triumphant (1797-1801), was conceived as a modern equivalent to the famous ancient statue of Apollo Belvedere, which at the time had been removed to France following the Treaty of Tolentino. The statue shows the triumphant Perseus holding the severed head of the Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. The hero is shown with the winged cap, the sandals of Mercury and the sword which had been given to him in order to complete this task. Made for the tribune Onorato Duveyriez, the first owner of the statue. Later the statue was bought by Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti (1800-1823) who displayed it on the (then empty) pedestal of the Apollo of the Belvedere. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-CANO-VM-PH-A09
Rights: 
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