Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)

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Medusa (first version) is an earlier rendition of Caravaggio’s famous depiction of the severed Gorgon’s head, painted on a convex shield and now held in a private collection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artForm history painting ⓘ
artisticSchool Roman school ⓘ
author Caravaggio ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
collection private collection ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Caravaggio ⓘ
culture Italian culture ⓘ
depicts Medusa ⓘ
open-mouthed scream ⓘ
severed head ⓘ
snakes as hair ⓘ
form shield painting ⓘ
genre Baroque painting ⓘ
hasTitle Medusa ⓘ
hasVersion Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) ⓘ
inception circa 1596 ⓘ
isEarlierVersionOf Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
location private collection ⓘ
medium oil on canvas mounted on wood ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Italian Baroque ⓘ
notableFor being the first version of Caravaggio’s Medusa on a convex shield ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Medusa ⓘ
period late 16th century ⓘ
style tenebrism ⓘ
subject Gorgon from Greek mythology ⓘ
support convex shield ⓘ

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Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) → relatedWork → Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) ⓘ
subject linked to: Medusa
Uffizi Gallery → notableWork → Medusa by Caravaggio ⓘ
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Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) → isEarlierVersionOf → Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) ⓘ
linked to: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)
Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) → hasVersion → Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi) ⓘ
linked to: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)