# Perseus with the Head of Medusa \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CANOVA, Antonio]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary The motif of the severed head of Medusa teeming with snakes became one of the most characteristic subjects for cameos. The image of the head perfectly suits the round field of a tondo. Like many other Neoclassical Medusa heads, Canova's is based on the ancient marble mask the Rondanini Medusa \(Glyptothek, Munich\). ## Related artworks - [Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte]() - [Cupid and Psyche \(detail\)]() - [Cupid and Psyche \(detail\)]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Daedalus and Icarus]() - [Daedalus and Icarus]() - [Eurydice]() - [Feed the Hungry]() - [Funerary Monument of Francesco Pesaro \(model\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()