Talk:Medusa Rondanini

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A fact from Medusa Rondanini appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 3,420 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Medusa Rondanini (pictured) in a prominent Roman collection was ignored until it was praised by Goethe in 1786?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/May.

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Perseus with the head of Medusa

The following sentence seems to imply that the Medusa Rondanini itself was incorporated into the Canova statue:

"When Antonio Canova made a marble Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1798-1801), to take the place of the Apollo Belvedere sent to Napoleonic Paris, it was the Medusa Rondanini that served for the gorgon's head in Perseus' outstretched hand."

Presumably, the actual intent was that the head in Perseus' hand was modeled after the Medusa Rondanini, but I can't be sure. Lusanaherandraton (talk) 11:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They look too different. Another contradiction, the height does not fit the image description on Commons (29cm vs 40cm). -- _*«( P E R H E L I O N )»_* 19:59, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]