Medusa Rondanini

So-called “Rondanini Medusa”. Marble, Roman copy after a 5th-century BC Greek original by Phidias, which was set on the shield of Athena Parthenos.

Dimensions H. 40 cm (15 ½ in.)

Accession number Inv. 252

Location Room 2 (Saal des Faun)

Photographer/source Matthias Kabel, 2005-10-26

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