3493262 Perseus and the Origin of Coral, c.1671 (black chalk, sepia and black ink, sepia and gray wash with white) by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee) (1600-82); 25.4x32.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Ovid??? Metamorphoses recounts that Perseus flew to an island on his winged steed Pegasus and put down Medusa??? severed head to wash his hands. Her blood transformed seaweed into coral.).