Frederic Leighton Perseus On Pegasus With Head Of Medusa 50x70cm Art PrintFrederic Leighton Perseus On Pegasus With Head Of Medusa 50 x 70cm Art Print published by Enormous Art The mythical Perseus rides the winged horse Pegasus, hastening to the rescue of Andromeda, who is in peril from the Kraken, a terrible sea monster. Perseus is carrying the head of the slain Medusa, with hair of snakes, whose gaze even after death would turn the beholder to stone.