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, first version, private collection) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)
inception circa 1596
isEarlierVersionOf Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 relatedWork Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)
subject surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)
Uffizi Gallery notableWork Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)
this entity surface form: Medusa by Caravaggio
Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) isEarlierVersionOf Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)
Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) hasVersion Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)