Plate 20: Pallas Athena holding a shield with Medusa's head in her right hand and a lance in her left hand, from a series of mythological gods and goddesses
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Mythological gods and goddesses
Artist: Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino
Artist bio: Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)|Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1526
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (21.6 × 11.7 cm)
Plate: 8 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (21.2 × 11 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Shields|Heads|Athena|Medusa