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Perseus (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a nude male figure on a rock. The figure wears a laurel wreath on his head. He holds the severed head of another person in his left hand. The severed head has long hair. The figure's right hand grips a rounded object. A cloth is bunched up around the rock. The sketch is on white paper with a white background. The sketch is signed in cursive near the bottom left.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1860
Medium
Graphite on paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 491 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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