Blue-grey ink drawing of a muscular warrior holding a sword and a severed head, standing over a rearing winged horse.

Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa, with Pegasus

A muscular, bare-chested warrior in a flowing cloak strides over a rearing winged horse, holding a sword in one hand and a severed head with writhing hair in the other. Drawn in blue ink and brush wash with traces of black chalk on blue laid paper, the composition rises diagonally from the horse's hooves to the head at upper right.

Artist: Paolo Farinati
Date: n.d.
Medium: Brush and blue ink and wash, with traces of black chalk, on blue laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2178 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1606).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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