# Perseus with the Head of Medusa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CELLINI, Benvenuto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Bronze, height 550 cm

## Commentary

The bronze, which is one of the most celebrated of the Renaissance for its great size, considered unequaled in a single casting up to the Industrial Revolution, has recently undergone restoration. Highly sophisticated gold decoration was revealed, which had been used instead of another design for even more complex damascene ornamentation.

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- [Alessandro de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/alessandro-de-medici-r4e60607b57f3ee>)
- [Apollo and Hyacinth \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/apollo-and-hyacinth-detail-r60223e12c30cf2>)
- [Apollo and Hyacinth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/apollo-and-hyacinth-ra6960fb8266d2d>)
- [Apollo and Hyacinth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/apollo-and-hyacinth-rcc76be3f4edf72>)
- [Apollo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/apollo-r58084febde32a9>)
- [Base of the statue of Perseus: Danaë](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/base-of-the-statue-of-perseus-dana-r7a5af2f0bad14d>)
- [Base of the statue of Perseus: Jupiter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/base-of-the-statue-of-perseus-jupiter-r18de4550abf86e>)
- [Base of the statue of Perseus: Mercury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/base-of-the-statue-of-perseus-mercury-r7d8f12443c9cd7>)
- [Base of the statue of Perseus: Minerva](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/base-of-the-statue-of-perseus-minerva-rf41490785eb5ff>)
- [Bust of Bindo Altoviti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/bust-of-bindo-altoviti-r4453e7ce7e7eff>)
- [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/bust-of-cosimo-i-detail-r104b7d27bddceb>)
- [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cellini-benvenuto-r666bff3b5016fb/bust-of-cosimo-i-detail-r2b9876b4809716>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)