Perseus Triumphant
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 24 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (63.2 × 45.5 cm) Sheet: 31 in. × 21 15/16 in. (78.7 × 55.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in memory of John Goldsmith Phillips, 1993
Accession Number
1993.1040
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Perseus Triumphant* (1813), a etching and engraving by Domenico Marchetti, Antonioova, and Giovanni Tognolli, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's of Drawings and Prints. large-scale print (plate measures 24⅞ × 17¹⁵⁄₁₆ inches) captures the mythological hero Perseus in his moment of victory, wielding a dagger and holding aloft a severed head—likely Medusa's—evoking the timeless tale from Ovid's *Metamorphoses*. The collaborative effort highlights Canova, a master of Neoclassicism, whose influence infuses the work with idealized forms and heroic grandeur reminiscent of ancient ...