"Behold it then!" cried Perseus
Date1900
Artist
Howard Pyle
American illustrator, 1853–1911
Illustration CitationComplete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne; A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales, vol. XIII (Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1900)
MediumBlack and white oil on canvas
Dimensions21 × 10 3/4 in. (53.3 × 27.3 cm)
frame: 23 x 12 3/4 in. (58.4 x 32.4 cm)
frame: 23 x 12 3/4 in. (58.4 x 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund and Partial Gift of Ann Logan, 2000
Object number2000-1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis illustration marks the end of Nathaniel Hawthorne's retelling of the myth of Perseus. Returning from his quest to sever Medusa's head, Perseus shows it to wicked King Polydectes and his allies at their insistence. The sight of the Gorgon's snaky head turns them to stone immediately.
