Medusa Rondanini
is the scientific name of an antique type of Medusa head, for which the best-preserved version was named. This head, executed in high relief and of unknown origin, was originally in the Palazzo Rondanini in Rome and was purchased in 1814 by the later King Ludwig I of Bavaria from the heirs of the Counts Rondanini during a trip to Italy. Today, the 38.8-centimetre-high head made of Parian marble is in the Glyptothek in Munich under inventory number 252. The Medusa Rondanini is a Roman copy from the 2nd century.
Roman copy from the 2nd century A.D. The actual original was probably
bronze, dating from the 5th century B.C. and is attributed to the artist
attributed to the artist Phidias.
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Mask with hanging device
