Title: Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Object type: Statue
Date: 1804–6
Artist:  Antonio Canova 
Artist bio: Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 95 1/2 x W. 75 1/2 x D. 40 1/2 in. (242.6 x 191.8 x 102.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1967
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Male Nudes, term: Medusa, term: Perseus