Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Aspecta Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Head of Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
The Severed head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus holding the head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus Slaying Medusa
       
     
Medusa - Gorgon's Head
       
     
The Head of the Medusa
       
     
Meduse
       
     
Rotella da parata con testa di Medusa
       
     
Colossal head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus and Medusa
       
     
Bronze ornament from a chariot pole
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Bronze greave (shin guard) for the left leg with Medusa head
       
     
Mask of Medusa
       
     
Head of Medusa
       
     
Gorgo
       
     
Archaic Gorgon
       
     
Gorgon
       
     
antefix with head of Gorgona.
       
     
Borchia per portale a forma di testa di medusa, da pompei
       
     
Head of Medusa
       
     
A Gorgon head on the outside of each of the Vix-krater's three handles, from the grave of the Celtic Lady of Vix, 510 BC
       
     
Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Heracles and Omphale
       
     
Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale
       
     
The Scornful Woman
       
     
Scorn
       
     
Beauty, supported by Prudence, Scorns the Offering of Folly
       
     
Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus
       
     
A woman sits and rejects her companion's declaration of love with scorn
       
     
A scorned lover sitting at a table is confronted by demons and figures that play out maddening events;
       
     
Woman Standing among the Friars
       
     
Fright of a Girl ( Schreck eines Mädchens )
       
     
The Fruits of Jealousy (The Close of the Silver Age)
       
     
What! Are You Jealous?
       
     
Where are you going?
       
     
Jealousy
       
     
Fillette
       
     
Statue of Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra at her Toilet
       
     
The Death of Cleopatra
       
     
The Banquet of Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Antony and Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Death of Cleopatra
       
     
The Death of Cleopatra
       
     
Caesar's Death Makes Cleopatra Mourn
       
     
The mortally wounded Marcus Antonius beside Cleopatra
       
     
The Suicide of Cleopatra
       
     
Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra)
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Sonia Delaunay as Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson And Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Delilah cut Samson's hair and, had thus deprived him his superhuman strength, he has fallen asleep on her lap and she is going to deliver him to Philistines who watch (Judges XVI, 15-18)
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah
       
     
Dante and Virgil
       
     
Vampire (Vampyr)
       
     
Vampire
       
     
Persée vainqueur de Méduse
       
     
Cythera's Toilette
       
     
Sisters of Cythera
       
     
Pandora
       
     
La Boîte À Bijoux
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Pandora
       
     
Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Harriet Hosmer (1830–1908), Victoria Art Gallery

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Winifred Hope Thomson, 1896, National Trust, Dorneywood

Aspecta Medusa
       
     
Aspecta Medusa

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1597, Uffizi, Florence

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Baroque, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, Italy

Head of Medusa
       
     
Head of Medusa

Rubens, 1617-1618, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Arnold Böcklin, Symbolism

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Franz Stuck, 1892

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Alexander Calder, 1930
Expressionism

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Carlos Schwabe, 1895
Symbolism

The Severed head of Medusa
       
     
The Severed head of Medusa

Damien Hirst, 2013, Gold, silver, 320 x 397 x 397mm (12.6 x 15.6 x 15.6in)
Private Collection

Image © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2018

Perseus holding the head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus holding the head of Medusa

Benvenuto Cellini, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence; Italie

Perseus with the Head of Medusa
       
     
Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Antonio Canova, 1804–1806, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Perseus Slaying Medusa
       
     
Perseus Slaying Medusa

Laurent Honoré Marqueste, 1848-1920, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

Medusa - Gorgon's Head
       
     
Medusa - Gorgon's Head

Vatican Museums, Rome

The Head of the Medusa
       
     
The Head of the Medusa

unknown painter, Italian Schook, 17th century, Kingston Lacy collection

Meduse
       
     
Meduse

George Fredrick Watts, Symbolism

Rotella da parata con testa di Medusa
       
     
Rotella da parata con testa di Medusa

Renaissance armour, Italy, 1550-1570, Bargello

Colossal head of Medusa
       
     
Colossal head of Medusa

Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Perseus and Medusa
       
     
Perseus and Medusa

Early seventh-century BCE pithos from the Kykladic Islands showing Perseus about to chop Medusa’s head off. In this version she has the body of a horse.

image credit

Bronze ornament from a chariot pole
       
     
Bronze ornament from a chariot pole

1st-2nd century A.D. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Salvador Dalí

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Roman mosaic of the head of Medusa from a tepidarium Tunisia dating to the late second century CE

image credit

Medusa
       
     
Medusa

Medusa mosaic with blonde snakes (2nd c. CE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens), image via Wikipedia

Bronze greave (shin guard) for the left leg with Medusa head
       
     
Bronze greave (shin guard) for the left leg with Medusa head

(Greek, 4th century BCE), bronze, width: 4 7/8 inches; length: 15 3/4inches (courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen, 1991)

Mask of Medusa
       
     
Mask of Medusa

Created for the temples of Venus and Roma, built 137 AD in Rome, now in Roman-Germanic Museum of Cologne, Germany.

photo: Christoph Wagener, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Head of Medusa
       
     
Head of Medusa

Studio of Antonio Canova, (Rome, 1806-07), plaster cast with modern metal rod (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1967)

Gorgo
       
     
Gorgo

Greek terra-cotta plaque of Medusa running, dated to between c. 620 and c. 600 BCE, currently on display in the Archaeological Museum of Syracuse

Wikimedia Commons

Archaic Gorgon
       
     
Archaic Gorgon

Archaic Gorgon (around 580 BC), as depicted on a pediment from the temple of Artemis in Corfu, on display at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

image via wikipedia

Gorgon
       
     
Gorgon

Tondo from an Attic black-figure kylix dated to the late sixth century BCE depicting the face of a Gorgon

photo credit

antefix with head of Gorgona.
       
     
antefix with head of Gorgona.

Fasos island, 4 c. BC. Pushkin museum, image from WikiCommons

Borchia per portale a forma di testa di medusa, da pompei
       
     
Borchia per portale a forma di testa di medusa, da pompei

first-century CE Roman door decoration of the head of Medusa from the city of Pompeii, Museo Archeologico (Naples)

image from Wikicommons

Head of Medusa
       
     
Head of Medusa

Roman relief carving of the head of Medusa dating to the second or third century CE

photo from Wikicommons

A Gorgon head on the outside of each of the Vix-krater's three handles, from the grave of the Celtic Lady of Vix, 510 BC
       
     
A Gorgon head on the outside of each of the Vix-krater's three handles, from the grave of the Celtic Lady of Vix, 510 BC

© Michael Greenhalgh, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons

Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale

Gustave Boulanger, 19thC, image: wikicommons

Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale

François Boucher, 1735, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, image: wikicommons

Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale

François Lemoyne, 1724, Louvre Museum, France, image: wikicommons

Heracles and Omphale
       
     
Heracles and Omphale

Ancient Roman fresco, Pompeian Fourth Style (45-79 AD), National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

image: wikicommons

Omphale
       
     
Omphale

Vienna, Schönbrunn gardens, statue

Omphale wearing Hercules' garb, 18th-century sculpture from the Schönbrunn Garden by Joseph Anton Weinmüller

image: wikicommons

Hercules and Omphale
       
     
Hercules and Omphale

Lucas Cranach the Elder, after 1537, National Museum Poznan

image: wikicommons

The Scornful Woman
       
     
The Scornful Woman

Egon Schiele, 1910; Czech Republic, Expressionism

Scorn
       
     
Scorn

Paolo Veronese, c.1575, Mannerism (Late Renaissance): National Gallery, London, UK

Beauty, supported by Prudence, Scorns the Offering of Folly
       
     
Beauty, supported by Prudence, Scorns the Offering of Folly

Angelica Kauffman, c.1780, Neoclassicism

Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus
       
     
Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus

Paris Bordone, 1555, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri

A woman sits and rejects her companion's declaration of love with scorn
       
     
A woman sits and rejects her companion's declaration of love with scorn

Engraving by J. Punt and P. Tanjé after C. Troost.

A scorned lover sitting at a table is confronted by demons and figures that play out maddening events;
       
     
A scorned lover sitting at a table is confronted by demons and figures that play out maddening events;

. . . a woman descending a ladder in to the arms of her lover; a duel between the woman's lovers; the demons offer such solutions as divorce and suicide.

George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, published London 1875, National Library of Medicine

Woman Standing among the Friars
       
     
Woman Standing among the Friars

John Brown, 1765, Cleveland Museum of Art

Brown is known for a small group of monochromatic drawings imbued with sinister overtones. This drawing exemplifies his Roman street scenes which often depict women dressed in spectacular, billowing costumes. Here, a coquette with bare ankles and plunging décolletage is surrounded by a crowd of vulgar types who leer, ogle, judge, and scorn. The reverse of the sketchbook sheet includes two independent drawings: a study of faces in fierce and intense expressions, and a pair of women wearing swirling gowns. One figure raises her hand in a mysterious gesture that casts a shadow on her throat resembling a claw. Whether the viewer is being beckoned or forewarned remains a mystery.

Fright of a Girl ( Schreck eines Mädchens )
       
     
Fright of a Girl ( Schreck eines Mädchens )

Paul Klee, 1922, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase

The Fruits of Jealousy (The Close of the Silver Age)
       
     
The Fruits of Jealousy (The Close of the Silver Age)

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) :Louvre Museum

What! Are You Jealous?
       
     
What! Are You Jealous?

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903): Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Where are you going?
       
     
Where are you going?

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903): Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Jealousy
       
     
Jealousy

Edvard Munch, 1895: Rasmus Meyer Collection, Bergen, Norway

Fillette
       
     
Fillette

1968
23 1/2 x 11 x 7 1/2" (59.7 x 28 x 19.1 cm)

Statue of Cleopatra
       
     
Statue of Cleopatra

Statue of queen Cleopatra VII. Basalt, second half of the first century BC. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1633-35, Private Collection, Rome, Italy

Cleopatra at her Toilet
       
     
Cleopatra at her Toilet

Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1722–1789), 1767: Fogg art Museum

The Death of Cleopatra
       
     
The Death of Cleopatra

Arnold Böcklin, 1872 , Symbolism

The Banquet of Cleopatra
       
     
The Banquet of Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 1653, Baroque: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

John William Waterhouse, c.1887, Romanticism

Antony and Cleopatra
       
     
Antony and Cleopatra

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1883, Romanticism

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620, Tenebrism

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

Michelangelo, 1534, High Renaissance: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Death of Cleopatra
       
     
Death of Cleopatra

Guido Reni, c.1639, Baroque: Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

The Death of Cleopatra
       
     
The Death of Cleopatra

John Collier, 1910, Romanticism

Caesar's Death Makes Cleopatra Mourn
       
     
Caesar's Death Makes Cleopatra Mourn

Justus van Egmont, 1680

The mortally wounded Marcus Antonius beside Cleopatra
       
     
The mortally wounded Marcus Antonius beside Cleopatra

Louis Moritz, 1823-1825, Rijksmuseum

The Suicide of Cleopatra
       
     
The Suicide of Cleopatra

Michele Desubleo, c.1601-76, Fondazione Cariplo, Milan, Italy

Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra)
       
     
Morte di Cleopatra (The Death of Cleopatra)

Guercino, 1591-1666, Musei di Strada Nuova

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

Girolamo Masini, 1882, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale

Sonia Delaunay as Cleopatra
       
     
Sonia Delaunay as Cleopatra

Sarah Stern

Cleopatra
       
     
Cleopatra

Artemisia Gentileschi, c.1620, Private collection Cavallini-Sgarbi Foundation, Ferrara, Italy

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Peter Paul Rubens , c.1609 - c.1610, National Gallery, London, UK

Samson And Delilah
       
     
Samson And Delilah

Rembrandt, 1628

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529, Germany, Norther Renaissance

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Matthias Stom, c.1630 - c.1639, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Erte, Art Deco

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Andrea Mantegna, 1495 - 1506, National Gallery, London, UK

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Jan Steen, 1668, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA, US

Delilah cut Samson's hair and, had thus deprived him his superhuman strength, he has fallen asleep on her lap and she is going to deliver him to Philistines who watch (Judges XVI, 15-18)
       
     
Delilah cut Samson's hair and, had thus deprived him his superhuman strength, he has fallen asleep on her lap and she is going to deliver him to Philistines who watch (Judges XVI, 15-18)

Marc Chagall, 1956

Dalila coupe les cheveux de Samson qu'elle a endormi sur ses genoux et, l'ayant ainsi privé de sa force surhumaine, va le livrer aux Philistins qui le guettent (Juges, XVI, 15-18)

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Gustave Moreau, 1882, Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris, France

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Alexandre Cabanel, 1878

Samson and Delilah
       
     
Samson and Delilah

Luca Giordano, 1696

Dante and Virgil
       
     
Dante and Virgil

William Bouguereau, , 1850, Oil on canvas 280.5 x 225.3 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Vampire (Vampyr)
       
     
Vampire (Vampyr)

Edvard Munch, 1895, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Estate of Karl Nierendorf, By purchase

Vampire
       
     
Vampire

Edvard Munch, 1895, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Persée vainqueur de Méduse
       
     
Persée vainqueur de Méduse

Eugène Romain Thirion, 1867. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Cythera's Toilette
       
     
Cythera's Toilette

Felicien Rops, c.1870, Symbolism

Sisters of Cythera
       
     
Sisters of Cythera

Eric Fischl, 2009, Contemporary Realism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1869, Romanticism: Buscot Park (Faringdon Collection), Faringdon, UK

La Boîte À Bijoux
       
     
La Boîte À Bijoux

Guillaume Seignac, Academicism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

John William Waterhouse, 1898, Romanticism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881, Romanticism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, c.1860, Neoclassicism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

Miriam Schapiro, Abstract Expressionism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

Odilon Redon, c.1914, Symbolism

Pandora
       
     
Pandora

Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1882, Academicism