Disambiguation evidence for Medusa via surface form

"Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)"


As subject (45)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)".

Predicate Object
artHistoricalSignificance famous depiction of Medusa in Western art
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of Caravaggio's Baroque style
artist Caravaggio
artisticStyle chiaroscuro
artisticStyle tenebrism
background dark background
basedOn Greek mythology
basedOn myth of Perseus and Medusa
collection Uffizi Gallery
commissionedBy Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Caravaggio
culturalContext Counter-Reformation art
depicts Gorgons
surface form: Gorgon
depicts Medusa self-linksurface differs
depicts moment of Medusa's death
depicts severed head
depicts snakes as hair
genre mythological painting
iconography blood at neck stump
iconography open screaming mouth
iconography wide staring eyes
inception 1597
instanceOf Baroque painting
instanceOf painting
intendedUse ceremonial shield
languageOfTitle Italian
lighting dramatic directional light
locatedIn Florence
locatedIn Italy
location Uffizi Gallery
medium oil paint
movement Italian Baroque
notableFeature self-portrait of Caravaggio in Medusa's face (interpretation)
originalTitle Medusa self-linksurface differs
period late 16th century
relatedWork Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)
shape round shield (tondo)
subjectGender female
support canvas mounted on wood
technique realism
theme death
theme heroic victory over monster
theme horror
theme violence