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Two versions of Medusa were created by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, one in 1596 and the other in ca. 1597. Both depict the moment from Greek mythology in which the Gorgon Medusa is killed by the demigod Perseus , but the Medusas are also self-portraits.
Medusa by Caravaggio; Ufizzi Gallery, Florence Central motive of the Medusa mosaic, 2nd century BCE, from Kos island, in the palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, in Rhodes city, island of Rhodes, Greece.
Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; / ˌ k ær ə ˈ v æ dʒ i oʊ /, US: /-ˈ v ɑː dʒ (i) oʊ /; Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo meˈriːzi da (k)karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571 [1] – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
Perseus and Medusa – bronze statue by Hubert Gerhard (c. 1590) Medusa (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio (1597) Head of Medusa, by Peter Paul Rubens (1618) Medusa (marble bust) by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1630s) Medusa is played by a countertenor in Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault's opera, Persée (1682). She sings the aria "J'ay perdu la ...
Caravaggio moved into the Palazzo Madama in 1596 and remained a guest of the cardinal for five years. [7] Del Monte held a passion for the arts and requested multiple paintings from Caravaggio including Medusa. The cardinal was a fan of classical greek mythology and used allegorical images to emphasize his knowledge of art, music, and theater.
Medusa (Caravaggio) Medusa (Leonardo) Medusa (Rubens) Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens, 1618) Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens, 1620–1650) Metamorphosis of Narcissus; The Minotaur (painting) The Myth of Prometheus (Piero di Cosimo)
The Raft of the Medusa (French: Le Radeau de la Méduse [lə ʁado d(ə) la medyz]) – originally titled Scène de Naufrage (Shipwreck Scene) – is an oil painting of 1818–1819 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). [1] Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French ...
Medusa by Caravaggio; Ufizzi Gallery, Florence Central motive of the Medusa mosaic, 2nd century BCE, from Kos island, in the palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, in Rhodes city, island of Rhodes, Greece.