"Perseo Holding Medusa's Head" Statue by Cellini in Florence, Italy
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This statue is among Cellini's most famous, and the work was first proposed by Cosimo Medici. It is bronze, 18 feet high, and worked on between 1545-1554. It is in the Loggia dei Lanzi at Florence, Italy.
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