The Masks of Medusa

We had Sartorio’s Gorgon and the Heroes yesterday so here’s some Medusas to continue the theme. Art history, especially in the nineteenth century, is full of Medusa portraits; these are some of the better ones.

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Medusa by Caravaggio (1598-1599).

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Head of Medusa by Peter Paul Rubens (1617).

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