Perseus, with a curved sword, a gift of Mercury, wears winged sandals, like Mercury's, and a helmet with wings (resembling Mercury's hat). Although blood gushes from the severed head of Medusa, this sensational subject is not treated with horror or drama.
Blood gushes from the severed neck of Medusa, one of the snake-haired Gorgons, who could turn men to stone.
The niches of the base contain statuettes relating to the biography of Perseus: Danaë, his mother with the boy Perseus; Jupiter, Perseus's father who turned himself into a shower of gold to seduce Danaë; and Mercury and Minerva.
