File:Perseus Medusa Louvre CA795.jpg
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English: Perseus (left, wearing a hat, winged boots and the kibisis slung over his shoulder) averts his gaze as he kills Medusa, figured here as a female centaur. Detail from an orientalizing relief pithos.
Français : Persée (à gauche, portant un chapeau et des bottes ailées, avec la kibisis sur l'épaule) détourne le regard pendant qu'il tue Méduse, représentée ici comme un centaure femelle. Détail d'un pithos orientalisant à reliefs. |
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Date | circa 660 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424 ; incised decoration and stamped decoration |
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Dimensions |
height: 130 cm (51.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,130U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
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Current location |
not on view This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities). |
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Accession number |
CA 795 |
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Object history |
discovered (Thebes, Boeotia Regional Unit) |
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Credit line |
1897: purchased |
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References | Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 5042 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Marie-Lan Nguyen (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Author | Marie-Lan Nguyen |
Copyright holder | Public Domain |
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ISO speed rating | 1,000 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:37, 10 February 2007 |
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File change date and time | 15:37, 10 February 2007 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 15:37, 10 February 2007 |
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Maximum land aperture | 4 APEX (f/4) |
Metering mode | Center weighted average |
Light source | Tungsten (incandescent light) |
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