Medusa refers to two lost works associated with the legend of Leonardo da Vinci painting the severed head of the mythological Gorgon surrounded by serpents, the first reportedly an early work on a wooden shield described by Giorgio Vasari, the second an oil-on-canvas painting long displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The Uffizi painting was attributed to Leonardo in 1782 based on Vasari's account and became popular through Romantic-era engravings, but twentieth century critics including Bernard Berenson rejected the attribution, and it is now considered the work of an anonymous Flemish painter active around 1600.
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Year CreatedApplies to the Uffizi painting, dated about 1600; the Vasari-described Leonardo shield is lost. LocationUffizi Gallery, Florence 1 Sources
1. Medusa, Leonardo (Wikipedia)
Uffizi painting section, date
now believed to be a work of an anonymous Flemish painter, active ca. 1600
Uffizi painting section, location
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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Medusa refers to two lost works associated with the legend of Leonardo da Vinci painting the severed head of the mythological Gorgon surrounded by serpents, the first reportedly an early work on a wooden shield described by Giorgio Vasari, the second an oil-on-canvas painting long displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
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