The Head of Medusa

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Painting by Caravaggio showing the severed head of Medusa with a shocked expression, snakes for hair, and blood dripping from the neck, mounted on a round wooden shield.

The Head of Medusa: Media

painting by Caravaggio

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Painting by Caravaggio showing the severed head of Medusa with a shocked expression, snakes for hair, and blood dripping from the neck, mounted on a round wooden shield.

Caravaggio: Head of the Medusa

Head of the Medusa, by Caravaggio, c. 1598, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence,...

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