# Perseus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CELLINI, Benvenuto]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze, height 75 cm ## Commentary This bronze model of Perseus was originally conceived as table fountain, presumably with the wine coming out of the Medusa's severed neck, thanks to a hydraulic mechanism creating a permanent flow. ## Related artworks - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth \(detail\)]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Danaë]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Jupiter]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Mercury]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Minerva]() - [Bust of Bindo Altoviti]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()