Medusa

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1700, Kapitolinska museerna

‘Medusa’ is a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy, 1598–1680). It is dated 1700. It is part of the collection Kapitolinska museerna. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of marble. It is 50 cm high. The work belongs to the genre bust. The things depicted include Medusa, human head, snake, and woman.

The catalogue has 87 more works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

• The Baroque