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Head of Medusa

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617 – 1618
Head of Medusa, Peter Paul Rubens
Head of Medusa, zoomed in
68.5 cmHead of Medusa scale comparison118 cm

Head of Medusa is a Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting created by Peter Paul Rubens from 1617 to 1618. It lives at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna in Vienna. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Snakes. DownloadSee Head of Medusa in the Kaleidoscope

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