Which museum houses Caravaggio’s painting Medusa?

Caravaggio’s painting Medusa is housed in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery.

Caravaggio painted the severed head of Medusa around 1597, showing her face at the instant of death. The image is mounted on a convex wooden shield, creating an unusual illusion that the head projects toward the viewer.

The work was associated with the Medici court and is now part of the Uffizi’s collection in Florence. It is often discussed alongside Caravaggio’s other dramatic works because of its intense expression, strong lighting, and visceral treatment of the myth.

The painting should not be confused with Peter Paul Rubens’s later Medusa images or Benvenuto Cellini’s sculpture Perseus with the Head of Medusa. Those works belong to different artists and collections.