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Artist: Caravaggio Created: Oil on canvas mounted on wood Location: Uffizi, Florence Caravaggio is known for his unique fascination with violence and realism. By the time he started achieving success as an artist, he even encountered some run-ins with the law. After visiting Caravaggio's studio and seeing the first version of the Medusa, The Metula painting (smaller than its second and only version), the Medici familyโs agent commissioned this piece to symbolise the Grand Duke of Tuscanyโs courage. Both pieces were executed in two consecutive years, both portraying Caravaggio as Medusa: a woman with snake hair who turned people to stone by looking at them; with a severed head and shocked eyes she thought of herself as invincible.
