Created by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in the 16th Century, this painting represents the exact moment Medusa was executed by Perseus. The artist replaced Medusa’s face with his own to underline his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Located in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, this masterpiece was commissioned as a present for the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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