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Medusa, by Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio, 1596-1598 about, 16th Century, oil on canvas on poplar shutter, 55,5 cm
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Title:
Medusa, by Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio, 1596-1598 about, 16th Century, oil on canvas on poplar shutter, 55,5 cm
Caption:
Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Image painted on a convex shield. Symbol of the victory of Reason over the senses, is referred to the myth of Perseus and Medusa. Detail. Decapitated and bleeding head of Gorgon with hair made of snakes.Hallucinated expression and mouth wide open, screaming mouth. Authorization required for non editorial use.
Personalities:
Location:
Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Uffizi Gallery,
Credit:
Album / Mondadori Portfolio / Antonio Quattrone
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3600 x 4202 px | 43.3 MB
Print size:
30.5 x 35.6 cm | 12.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ACHE • ALLEGORICAL PAINTING • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTHROPOMORPHIC FACE • ART AND CRAFT • ARTMOVEMENT: NATURALISM • BLOOD • CARAVAGGIO • CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • CULT • DEATH • DECAPITATED • DOLOR • FEAR • FEMALE LIKENESS • FICTIONAL BEING • FINE ART PAINTING • FOREGROUND • FRIGHT • GRIEF • HORROR • HUMAN HEAD • HURT • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • ITALIAN CULTURE • ITALY, TUSCANY, FLORENCE, UFFIZI GALLERY, • LARGE GROUP OF ANIMALS • LOOKING AWAY • MEDUSA • MICHELANGELO MERISI • MONDADORI COLLECTION • MOOD: FEAR • MOOD: FRIGHT • MOURNERS • MOURNING • MOUTH OPEN • MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER • MYTHOLOGY • NATURALISM • NO PEOPLE • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • OPEN MOUTH • OPEN-MOUTHED • PAIN • REPTILE: SNAKE • RITE • RITUAL • SADNESS • SANGUINE • SCARE • SCREAM • SCREAMING • SERPENT • SHOUT • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SORENESS • SORROW • SUFFERING • WATER • WITHOUT PEOPLE • YELL
