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Cellini's Perseus

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Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the Head of Medusa, bronze, c. 1554 (Loggia dei Lanzi,
Piazza della Signoria, Florence)

Speakers: Dr. David Drogin, Dr. Beth Harris

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