Pictures of Medusa

In many pictures of Medusa, this Gorgon is represented as a hideous creature with snakes instead of hair. Her eyes had such a terrible look, that anyone turned into stone. Not even gods dared look at her. She was killed by the hero Perseus.

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Gorgon Medusa Head On The Arches Of The Severan Forum., Leptis Magna, Al Khums, Libya
McKinlay, Doug
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The head of Medusa and Nereid surround the entire Severan Forum - Leptis Magna, Tripolitania
Syder, Patrick
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Carved Head of Medusa at the Archaeological Site of Didyma, Turkey

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Ashworth, Richard
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Head of Medusa, Gilded Bronze, 2nd - 3rd century, from Temple of Asclepius, Ulpia Traiana, Romania

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Square Panel Canted: Perseus Beheading Medusa

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Vasque Medallion Is Adorned with a Medusa Head

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This Medusa image corresponds to what we know about her looks.

Medusa, Painted on a Leather Jousting Shield, circa 1596-98

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, Caravaggio
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Medusa shield (painted plaster relief)
Bocklin, Arnold
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And more pictures of Medusa...

Head of Medusa
Rubens, Peter Paul
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The Head Of Medusa, 1884
Solomon, Simeon
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And a modern revisitation.

Medusa
Cann, Nicholas
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There are many pictures of Medusa in which she appears with Perseus (when he is killing her or a little before).

Perseus and Medusa Attributed to Benjamin West
West, Benjamin
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Red-figure amphora, showing the slaying of Medusa by Perseus
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Perseus and the Medusa, Ceiling Decoration from the "Sala Di Galatea," 1511-12

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Peruzzi,...
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The next one is quite nice ;-)

Perseus with the head of Medusa, 1545-53 (bronze)
Cellini, Benvenuto
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa, c.1806-08

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Canova, Antonio
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Perseus with Minerva Showing the Head of Medusa Toa Mob Led by Phineus

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Nattier,...
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Medusa Leader of the Gorgons is Not an Easy Lady to Subdue But Perseus

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Briot, J.
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Lunette Depicting Perseus Slaying the Medusa, from the "Camerino", 1596

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Carracci,...
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In this painting, you can see Medusa's head on Perseus' shield.

Perseus and Andromeda
Rubens, Peter Paul
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I like this drawing, with the flying snakes.

Medusa and Perseus

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Take a look at her sisters, the Gorgons, as you can see, beauty was something their family didn't lack.

Attic black-figure dinos depicting Perseus fleeing from the Gorgons, c.590 BC (ceramic)
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There is also a story that says Medusa was a beautiful girl, but she boasted she had beautiful hair and goddess Athena punished her, transforming her into a monster. That's why there are also pictures of Medusa where she is represented as a beautiful girl.

Aspecta Medusa, 1867
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
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