Gouache, gold paint and ink on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Designs for ‘The Story of Perseus’
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-68" aria-label="More by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt</a>
Finding Medusa Death Medusa Birth Pegasus and Chrysaor Perseus Pursued by Gorgons
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1919
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animal / human
animals: fantastic
animals: mammals
architecture
arm / arms raised
attacking
beach
birth
birth to death
Carlton Gardens
Chrysaor
classical myths: creatures
classical myths: gods and heroes
clothing and personal items
crouching
death
domestic
door
England
features
fine arts and music
flying
Gorgon / Medusa
helmet
horse
interiors
landscape
man
music room
objects
painting
Pegasus
people
Perseus
places
plasterwork
relief
religion and belief
rocky
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
sword
UK countries and regions
UK London
weapons
winged horse
wooded
<p>Perseus eventually discovers Medusa with her sisters, the Gorgons. Unlike her they are all immortal. Using Athena's mirror to defend himself, Perseus beheads Medusa, at which point the winged horse Pegasus and the warrior Chrysaor spring from her decapitated body. When the Gorgons attempt to punish Perseus for killing their sister, he evades them by using the helmet given to him by the sea nymphs, thus becoming invisible.</p><p><em>Gallery label, June 1993</em></p>
paper unique gouache gold paint ink
24 October 2009 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
24 October 2009 – 7 February 2010
2010-02-07
2009-10-24
Staatsgalerie (Stuttgart, Germany)
http://www.staatsgalerie.de/
1 March 2010 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
2010-03-01
Kunstmuseum Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
2009-10-24
Edward Burne-Jones: The Earthly Paradise
Loan-out
20 April 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
1 March 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
2015-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-04-20
Pre Raphaelite Works on Paper
Collection based display
24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
2019-02-24
24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
2019-02-24
2018-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2018-10-24
Edward Burne-Jones
Exhibition
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
2020-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-03-04
Aubrey Beardsley
Exhibition
The Finding of Medusa; The Death of Medusa (The Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor); Perseus Pursued by the Gorgons
support: 368 × 1284 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1919
<p>Perseus eventually discovers Medusa with her sisters, the Gorgons. Unlike her they are all immortal. Using Athena's mirror to defend himself, Perseus beheads Medusa, at which point the winged horse Pegasus and the warrior Chrysaor spring from her decapitated body. When the Gorgons attempt to punish Perseus for killing their sister, he evades them by using the helmet given to him by the sea nymphs, thus becoming invisible.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animal / human animals: fantastic animals: mammals architecture arm / arms raised attacking beach birth birth to death Carlton Gardens Chrysaor classical myths: creatures classical myths: gods and heroes clothing and personal items crouching death domestic door England features fine arts and music flying Gorgon / Medusa helmet horse interiors landscape man music room objects painting Pegasus people Perseus places plasterwork relief religion and belief rocky sea seascapes and coasts society sword UK countries and regions UK London weapons winged horse wooded