Medusa

Date1854

Object PlaceRome, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions27 inches (68.58 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Object number76.6

DescriptionFemale bust portrait with head inclined to left. The hair and tiara are interlaced with snakes and there are two wings that fold downward over the back of the head. The baseline is rimmed with two snakes that intertwine at front.

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Locations

Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, American Art, Objects

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: William Curtis, c. 1855; New York Collector 1942-61; John B. Friend, Shelburne Falls, NY., 1961-71; Graham Williford, NY., 1971-75