Head of Medusa

Peter Paul Rubens, 1618, Kunsthistorisches Museum

‘Head of Medusa’ is a work by Peter Paul Rubens (Flanders/Belgium, 1577–1640). It is dated 1618. It is part of the collection Kunsthistorisches Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint, panel, and canvas. It measures 69 × 118 cm. The work belongs to the genre mythological painting. The things depicted include Medusa, human head, snake, and woman.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Peter Paul Rubens.

• The Baroque