Perseus. Danaë, Perseus in the chest; Acrisius sending them away Providence Painter, Attic...

Perseus

Danaë, Perseus in the chest;Acrisius sending them away

Providence Painter, Attic red-figured lekythos (c. 480-470 BC).Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).

Danaë and Perseus, detail

Perseus slays Medusa as Hermes looks on

Attic black figure olpe, by the Amasis Painter (?) ca. 550 BCE.British Museum (Perseus Project)

Perseus running

Side A, Attic red figurePanathenaic amphoraBerlin Painter (?).Ca 490 BCE. Munich,Antikensammlungen(Perseus Project)

Gorgon running

Side B

Perseus pursuing a Gorgon

Attic black figure kyathos (ca. 510 BCE). J. Paul Getty Museum,Malibu (Perseus Project)

Gorgon from previous vase

Gorgon running

Attic black figure volute krater. Kleitias ca. 570-560 BCE. Florence, Archaeological Museum(Perseus Project)

Gorgon on Athena’s aegis

Attic red figure amphora, AndokidesPainter(?), ca. 525 BCE, Berlin,Anikenmuseen (Perseus Project)

Athena with aegis and gorgon

Attic black figure calyx krater, by the Rycroft Painter (?), ca. 520-515 BCE.Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project)

Gorgon on Athena’s shield

Attic black figure neck amphora,By the Amasis Painter (?), ca.530-520 BCE. Museum of FineArts, Boston (Perseus Project)

Memnon with a Gorgon on his shield

Attic red figure calyx krater. Name vase of the Tyszkiewicz Painter, ca. 490-480 BCE. Museum Of FineArts, Boston (Perseus Project)

Gorgoneion

Attic red figure hydria (Late Archaic / Early Classical), BritishMuseum (Perseus Project)

Perseus with the head of Medusa

Benvenuto CelliniBronze, 18 feet. 1545-54,Loggi dei Lanzi, Florence

Caravaggio, after 1590; Oil on canvas mounted on wood; Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Medusa