# Perseus Displaying the Head of Medusa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Perseus Displaying the Head of Medusa c. 1719 Fresco Villa Allegri Arvedi, Cuzzano di Grezzana The picture shows one of the short walls in the main hall of the villa. Faux architecture frames the scene of Perseus Displaying the Head of Medusa. The scene is flanked by boxes adorned with rose-coloured drapery and flower-filled vases. Below the scene is a virtuosic depiction of a pair of virile nudes engaged in a tenacious struggle, painted in imitation of classical marble statues.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r4b195c261f796b>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r85d2a079ada5db>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rb524caa327a08a>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rfb6b7a43dc58b5>)
- [Bacchanal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-r43a944685d0d5a>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-r6db1dbfe7a395d>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-ra20960892f1b52>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-re0203a1a15a0b6>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-decoration-r7e1ae13780b20f>)
- [Ceiling of the grand staircase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-of-the-grand-staircase-rf088926aa61929>)
- [Corridor ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/corridor-ceiling-detail-raf809702732630>)
- [Deception and Avarice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/deception-and-avarice-r9cf8409e7e71e7>)

## Attribution

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