Persée monté sur Pégase, son cheval ailé, aborde en bateau au rivage où est assise Méduse · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Persée monté sur Pégase, son cheval ailé, aborde en bateau au rivage où est assise Méduse
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Islands of the Hesperides
Description: Perseus, wearing a red cloak, is seen seated on the winged horse Pegasus, inside of a boat that brings him to land. Pegasus represents both the emblem of the ship that Perseus rode, but also the mythical tale in which Perseus rode Pegasus the winged horse to fly to Medusa’s kingdom. Perseus was seeking Medusa because he heard of her beauty that was known to render men motionless. Medusa, wearing a blue gown and crown, is seated on the bank of the shore.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19829
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19829_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Gorgon; Snakes; Kidnapping; Medusa; Pegasus