Perseus with Medusa's Head, Turning Phineus and Followers to Stone
A brown ink and wash drawing in three connected scenes on pale ivory paper, with black chalk underdrawing. A nude male figure stands at left, while a muscular warrior with a shield and raised arm strides at right beside a kneeling figure, set against loose wash shading.
- Artist
- Polidoro da Caravaggio
- Date
- 1567
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 718 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1567).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard E. Danielson