Perseus shield. Perseus then proceeded to the Gorgons' cave. In the cave he came upon the sleeping Medusa. By viewing Medusa's reflection in his polished shield, he safely approached and cut off her head. From her neck sprang Pegasus ("he who sprang") and Chrysaor ("sword of gold"), the result of Poseidon and Medusa's mating. The other two Gorgons pursued Perseus, but, wearing his helm of darkness, he escaped. From here he proceeded to visit King Atlas who had refused him hospitality; in revenge Perseus turned him to stone. On the way back to Seriphos Island, Perseus stopped in the kingdom of
Perseus and the Gorgon announced the end of the artist's career and, like "The Mature Age", marked her break-up with the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Therefore, the sculptor gave to Medusa her own features. As it currently stands, the work no longer has its bronze shield in which the Gorgon's face was reflected. It was classified as "Work of major cultural heritage interests" ("Œuvre d'Intérêt Patrimonial Majeur") and was bought in 2008 by the Musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher, in Nogent-sur-Seine. Perseus and the Gorgon Perseus and the Gorgon is a 1902 monumental sculpture by Camille Claudel. It represents a mythological scene which refers to the