Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard E. Danielson
Catalogue
- Year
- 1567
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 48.7 cm (8 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Caravaggio
Artist
Painting
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
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- Caravaggio
- Year
- 1567
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 48.7 cm (8 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1567-008772
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified