Perseus showing the Head of Medusa to his enemies, from a series of twenty plates depicting mythological subjects, plate 8, bound in Oeuvres. Vol. III
Object type: Print collection ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jean Le Pautre|Pierre Mariette le fils
Artist bio: French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris|French, Paris 1634–1716 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 17th century
Medium: Etching; second state of two (Préaud)
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (33.2 × 20.5 cm)
Plate: 6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16.4 × 21.5 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Paris     
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession year: 1933