File:Medusa by Carvaggio.jpg

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Summary

Caravaggio: Medusa   
Artist
Caravaggio  (1571–1610)   
 
Alternative names

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,
Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi

Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 29 September 1571  18 July 1610 / 1610 
Location of birth/death Milan Porto Ercole
Work period 1593 - 1610
Work location
Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily
Authority file
  • : Q42207
  • VIAF: 87679282
  • ISNI: 0000000121028836
  • ULAN: 500115312
  • LCCN: n50000558
  • NLA: 35025773
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q42207
Title
Deutsch: Das Haupt der Medusa
English: Medusa
Français : Méduse
Object type painting / tondo 
Genre mythological painting 
Date between 1595 and 1596
date QS:P571,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1596-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions
Deutsch: Tondo, Durchmesser 55,5 cm
English: rotella (tournament shield), Diam. 55 cm (21 ½ in.)
Français : Tondo de 55 cm de diamètre (bouclier de parade)
institution QS:P195,Q51252
English: at least since 1631
Français : depuis 1631
Accession number
1351
Notes
Deutsch: Auftraggeber: Kardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, als Geschenk für Ferdinand, Großherzog von Toskana.
Français : du cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, comme cadeau pour le grand-duc de Toscane.
References
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/c/caravagg/03/20medusa.html 
  • Florentine musea Inventario 1890 ID: 1351 
  • Cini Foundation ID: 157846 
  • Musée critique de la Sorbonne ID: miroir-mon-beau-miroir 
  • Google Arts & Culture asset ID: FAFPqU12CekL8Q 
  • Bpk-ID: 00067914 
  • Smartify artwork ID: caravaggio-medusa 
  • Utpictura18 artwork ID: 3992 
  • Zeri image ID: 47321 
  • Florentine musea catalogue ID: 00289175 
  • 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, p. 205  
Authority file
  • : Q2293905
  • BNF: 15087537x
Source/Photographer http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/caravaggio/medusa.jpg
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Medusa (c. 1597). Oil on canvas mounted on wood, rotella (tournament shield), 60 × 55 cm (24 × 22 in). Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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