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Etching of Perseus flying above the sleeping Medusa on a cushioned bed, with a winged figure and dense trees in the backgroun

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Perseus and the Sleeping Medusa, Alexander Runciman (1774), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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An etching titled Perseus and the Sleeping Medusa by Alexander Runciman, dated 1774. A winged youth with a shield and sword flies above a reclining woman on a cushioned bed, while a winged figure with a spear hovers at the left and a sleeping female figure lies at the right amid trees and foliage.