Perseus petrifying Phineus and his men with the Medusa shield (Album II)

WAG 1995.165

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A battle scene. On the right hand side is a an isolated figure with right arm upraised, holding a sword. The figure carries a shield with a face on it and confronts a group of figures, some falling to the ground, some standing, some already fallen. In the lower left corner, a figure lying on the ground reaches up to another figure who holds a knife in his left hand.