The Medusa was commissioned by the Italian diplomat Francesco Maria del Monte, who planned to gift the commemorative shield to Ferdinando I de' Medici and have it placed in the Medici …

This room also houses Artemisia Gentileschi's Beheading of Holofernes, one of the Uffizi’s most famous paintings. In the room dedicated to Caravaggio's Medusa, a magnificent painted …

Medusa was a Gorgon monster, a terrifying female creature from the Greek Mythology. While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three …

The hall includes 3 masterpieces by Michelangelo Merisi, more widely known as Caravaggio, whose life was tragically ended at 39 years old in 1610. The Shield with the Head of Medusa is …

Medusa's Head, a Flemish painter, ca. 1600, Uffizi Gallery In 1782, Leonardo's biographer Luigi Lanzi, while making a search for his paintings in the Uffizi, discovered a depiction of Medusa's …

In its long history, it has hung in the armory of the Medici and now rests in the illustrious Uffizi Museum in Florence. What makes this work so strange? So captivating? For one, Medusa is …

It is an oil painting mounted on a round convex wooden shield. It was commissioned to Caravaggio by his patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte, who then gave it as a …

In the Medici Armoury at the Uffizi since 1631. Want see this artwork? Born Michelangelo Merisi, the painter took the name of his birthplace, Caravaggio, a town in Lombardy, Italy. As one of …

Mar 16, 2024 · Exploring the nuanced faces of the Medusa that inspired Gianni Versace, here are the 10 Italian places to see her, such as the Vatican Museums and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Medusa is an oil on canvas painting, mounted on a convex wooden shield. It is 60 x 55 cm. Caravaggio painted Medusa in 1597, and it is unsigned. It is displayed at Galleria degli Uffizi, …