R47.1 PERSEUS, MEDUSA & PEGASUS

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Material | Marble |
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DESCRIPTION
Perseus beheads the Gorgon Medusa with a sword. The monster holds the winged foal Pegasus in her arms. In myth, the horse was born from her severed neck.