Gorgon Collection (#2)

Dinos depicting (top) Medusa beheaded (bottom) and Hoplites Fighting, c. 580 BC (ceramic) (see also 438877)
XIR173180 Dinos depicting (top) Medusa beheaded (bottom) and Hoplites Fighting, c.580 BC (ceramic) (see also 438877) by Gorgon Painter (fl.c.600-580 BC); Louvre, Paris

Perseus and Andromeda (oil on canvas)
475534 Perseus and Andromeda (oil on canvas) by Matteis, Paolo de (1662-1728) (circle of); 127.9x101.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Battle of the sea-gods (pen & brown ink on white paper)
CTS366761 Battle of the sea-gods (pen & brown ink on white paper) by Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506) (workshop of); 25.7x38 cm; The Devonshire Collections

Dare you face such a monster as this? (colour litho)
STC445074 Dare you face such a monster as this? (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from How Perseus vowed a rash vow)

"Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head"(colour litho)
3101783 " Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head" (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gorgoneion
6263019 Gorgoneion by Etruscan; Museo Claudio Faina, Orvieto, Italy; (add.info.: Orvieto, Museo Faina: Gorgoneion.); Ghigo Roli; out of copyright

Dare you face such a monster as this?, illustration for How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow
IL193705 Dare you face such a monster as this?, illustration for How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow, from The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales, by Charles Kingsley (1819-75) (colour litho) by Davie

Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head (colour litho)
STC445078 Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info)

Perseus saw them dancing around the charmed tree. From How Perseus slew the Gorgon (colour litho)
3105711 Perseus saw them dancing around the charmed tree. From How Perseus slew the Gorgon (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Myth of Perseus and Gorgon Medusa, and Fame, 1511 (fresco) (detail of 2646186)
2646187 The Myth of Perseus and Gorgon Medusa, and Fame, 1511 (fresco) (detail of 2646186) by Peruzzi, Baldassarre (1481-1536); Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Rome, Villa Farnesina)

The Myth of Perseus and Gorgon Medusa, and Fame, 1511 (fresco)
2646186 The Myth of Perseus and Gorgon Medusa, and Fame, 1511 (fresco) by Peruzzi, Baldassarre (1481-1536); Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Rome, Villa Farnesina, the Loggia of Galatea)

Dare you face such a monster as this? From How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow (colour litho)
3105718 Dare you face such a monster as this? From How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dare you face such a monster as this)

Gorgons Hydras Chimeras 1885
Engraving by Gustave Dore. From Miltons Paradise Lost by Robert Vaughan, D.D. Chicago and New York 1885

La Fontaines Fables - Medusa
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The head of Medusa. In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon

Perseus and the Gorgon, 1872 (litho)
5322220 Perseus and the Gorgon, 1872 (litho) by Marqueste, Laurent-Honore (1848-1920); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures

Serpent King (Nagaraja), Champa Period, 9th / 10th century. Creator: Unknown
Serpent King (Nagaraja), Champa Period, 9th/10th century

Drachm (Coin) Depicting the Gorgon Medusa, 411-356 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Depicting the Gorgon Medusa, 411-356 BCE

Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion, 120-63 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion, 120-63 BCE

Drachm (Coin) Depicting a Gorgon, early 5th century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Depicting a Gorgon, early 5th century BCE

Mask of Medusa (Masque de Meduse), 1862. Creator: Adolphe Braun
Mask of Medusa (Masque de Meduse), 1862. Sculpture in the Vatican Museum, Rome. Albumen print

Head of Medusa, c. 1801. Creator: Antonio Canova
Head of Medusa, c. 1801

Perseus with the head of Medusa, 1545-53 (bronze)
XIR31431 Perseus with the head of Medusa, 1545-53 (bronze) by Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-71); height: 55 cm; Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence

Head of Medusa (aquatint)
LSE3512887 Head of Medusa (aquatint) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: from Monumenti Etruschi ); Photo eLeonard de Selva; Italian, out of copyright

Sextus Pompeius consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalia (oil on canvas)
1275771 Sextus Pompeius consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalia (oil on canvas) by Mortimer, John Hamilton (1741-79); 58.4x46.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

In Greek mythology, Perseus cuts of Medusa the Gorgons head, 1615 (engraving)
3480583 In Greek mythology, Perseus cuts of Medusa the Gorgons head, 1615 (engraving) by Gaultier, Leonard (1561-1641); (add.info.: In Greek mythology, Perseus cuts of Medusa the Gorgons head)

The Naval Review at Spithead (engraving)
1059825 The Naval Review at Spithead (engraving) by Atkins, William Edward (1842-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Naval Review at Spithead)

Hercules fighting Geryon and Perseus receiving gifts to defeat Medusa (colour litho)
957861 Hercules fighting Geryon and Perseus receiving gifts to defeat Medusa (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Frame with attributes of war, early to mid-16th century (walnut)
1069479 Frame with attributes of war, early to mid-16th century (walnut) by European School, (16th century); 71.1x44.5x10.2 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Head of Medusa, 1878 (oil on canvas)
873109 Head of Medusa, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Vedder, Elihu (1836-1923); 28.26 x30.48 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Gift of Elizabeth Johnson; American, out of copyright

Wild teasel or fullers teasel, Dipsacus fullonum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Mosaic of Medusa, in the Hall of the Mosaics in the Alcazar of the Christian Kings
KW293325 Mosaic of Medusa, in the Hall of the Mosaics in the Alcazar of the Christian Kings (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Alcazar Gardens, Cordoba, Spain; out of copyright

Janus Fountain (marble)
KW259056 Janus Fountain (marble) by Spanish School; Casa de Pilatos, Seville; (add.info.: two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings; ); Spanish, out of copyright

Bust of Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) (marble)
ALG166092 Bust of Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) (marble) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; out of copyright

Head of Medusa (stone)
XSP224359 Head of Medusa (stone) by Roman; Perge, Turkey; out of copyright

The Farnese Cup: head of Medusa, c. 175 (sardonyx)
LRI3512880 The Farnese Cup: head of Medusa, c.175 (sardonyx) by Egyptian, (2nd century); diam: 20 cm; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini; Egyptian

Medusa (charcoal on paper)
CH376425 Medusa (charcoal on paper) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Perseus Turning Atlas to Stone (oil on panel)
CH261397 Perseus Turning Atlas to Stone (oil on panel) by Congnet (Coignet), Gillis (c.1535-99); diam: 21 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

Ancient Roman helmet, possibly ceremonial, decorated with a head of Medusa (engraving)
5997451 Ancient Roman helmet, possibly ceremonial, decorated with a head of Medusa (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Roman helmet)

Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured)
5938224 Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured) by Greek School, (6th century BC); 10x22.3x6.0x28.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Chimney pot or louvre, formerly mounted on the ridge of a roof in the High Street, Oxford
AMQ114282 Chimney pot or louvre, formerly mounted on the ridge of a roof in the High Street, Oxford, 14th century (pottery) by English School, (14th century); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic black-figure dinos, c. 590 BC (ceramic) (b / w photo)
XIR207818 Attic black-figure dinos, c.590 BC (ceramic) (b/w photo) by Greek, (6th century BC); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info)

Attic black-figure dinos depicting Perseus fleeing from the Gorgons, c
XIR207694 Attic black-figure dinos depicting Perseus fleeing from the Gorgons, c.590 BC (ceramic) (b/w photo) by Greek, (6th century BC); Louvre, Paris

Lunette depicting Perseus Slaying the Medusa, from the Camerino, 1596 (fresco)
BEN124352 Lunette depicting Perseus Slaying the Medusa, from the Camerino, 1596 (fresco) by Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609); Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy; Photo eRaffaello Bencini; Italian

Head of Medusa (pen & brown ink over preliminaries in black chalk with touches of white
615247 Head of Medusa (pen & brown ink over preliminaries in black chalk with touches of white heightening on white paper) by Romano, Giulio (1492-1546); 7.8x5.8 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Head of a sleeping fury or Medusa dying (stone) (b / w photo)
ALI161144 Head of a sleeping fury or Medusa dying (stone) (b/w photo) by Roman; Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: tete de furie endormie ou Meduse mourante; ); Alinari

Shield with the head of Medusa, 1552 (silver)
XAM77336 Shield with the head of Medusa, 1552 (silver) by English School, (16th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Ali Meyer; English, out of copyright

The Baleful Head, c. 1876 (gouache) (see also 70777)
SOU80772 The Baleful Head, c.1876 (gouache) (see also 70777) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 153.7x129 cm; Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire

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"Gorgon: The Enigmatic Mythological Creature" The captivating allure of the gorgon has fascinated artists throughout history. One such masterpiece is "Head of Medusa" by Caravaggio, an oil on canvas painting from 1596 that showcases the terrifying yet mesmerizing gaze of Medusa. This iconic artwork captures the essence of Greek mythology and its enduring impact on art. In Libya's ancient city Leptis Magna, within the Forum of Septimius, stands a remarkable depiction of a gorgon and panthers adorning the pediment of Artemis' temple. These stone figures evoke both awe and fear as they guard this sacred space. Another renowned artist, Bernini, created his own interpretation in "Head of Medusa" in 1630. His sculpture masterfully portrays her twisted features and serpentine hair with astonishing realism. It serves as a testament to Bernini's exceptional talent for capturing emotion through marble. Syracuse, Sicily houses a Greek Head or Medusa—a relic from ancient times that continues to intrigue visitors with its intricate details and mythical aura. Its presence reminds us how deeply ingrained these mythological creatures are in our collective consciousness. Fast forward to modern times when Vasilii Kotarbinsky crafted his own rendition titled "Medusa" in 1903. This piece breathes new life into the age-old legend with its dynamic composition and skillful use of light and shadow. A striking artifact dating back to the fourth century BC is the Greek Bronze Gorgons Head—an exquisite example showcasing ancient craftsmanship at its finest. Its delicate features serve as a reminder that even centuries ago, artists sought to capture beauty within their creations. One cannot mention gorgons without acknowledging Perseus—the hero who slayed Medusa using her severed head as a weapon against evil forces like Phineus. This tale has become synonymous with bravery and triumph over adversity.