Skip to main content

Perseus with the head of Medusa: 31.K.9-23

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Perseus with the head of Medusa

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Gallo, Giovanni (After)
Draughtsman: Pino, Marco (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1570 CE - Circa 1600 CE

Note

Based on a print by Gallo, Bartsch number 25, reverse direction with some changes.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Chiaroscuro woodcut : Printed with two tone blocks in red and orange. No outline block

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.9-23
Primary reference Number: 129283
Bartsch: 25
Illustrated Bartsch: 124.25
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Perseus with the head of Medusa" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/129283 Accessed: 2024-11-25 14:10:01

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/129283 |title=Perseus with the head of Medusa |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 14:10:01|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-129283

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...