Keywords: Perseus Medusa Louvre CA795.jpg artist Perseus left wearing a hat winged boots and the kibisis slung over his shoulder averts his gaze as he kills Medusa figured here as a female centaur Detail from an orientalizing relief pithos Persée à gauche portant un chapeau et des bottes ailées avec la kibisis sur l'épaule détourne le regard pendant qu'il tue Méduse représentée ici comme un centaure femelle Détail d'un pithos orientalisant à reliefs ca 660 BC terracotta ; decoration incised decoration stamped cm 130 Institution Louvre room ID not on view object department Greek Etruscan and Roman antiquities 5042 object history Thebes Greece Boeotia credit line ProvenanceEvent purchase 1897 accession number Louvre number 795 Marie-Lan Nguyen 2007 other versions Ancient Greek pottery in France Paris 7th-century BC reliefs 660s 660s BC pottery Perseus and Medusa in sculpture Talaria Pithoi Boeotian Orientalizing pottery Greek antiquities in the Louvre - Room 1 |