Persus

Emile Louis Picault

"Pegasus" was first shown at the Salon des Beaux Arts in 1888.
c 1888 / 22 inches high
Reproduction in Zinc with Bronze Finish
Edition Limited to 850

Persus wearing Hades "helmet of invisibility", is sent to slay the Gorgon Medusa whose gaze turns all to stone. Athena warns Perseus not to look at Medusa directly but only at her reflection in the brightly-polished shield she gives him.
He thus beheads Medusa, whereupon the winged horse Pegasus springs full grown from her body. Using Medusa's head as a weapon Perseus turns his enemies to stone and the Titan Atlas into a mountain. The victorious Perseus then flies off to win the hand of Andromeda.