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Caravaggio: Medusa  wikidata:Q2293905 reasonator:Q2293905
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Caravaggio  (1571–1610)  wikidata:Q42207 q:it:Caravaggio
 
Caravaggio
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,
Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi

Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 29 September 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1610 / 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Milan Porto Ercole
Work period 1593 - 1610
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Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily
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artist QS:P170,Q42207
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Title
Medusa
Object type painting / tondo Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1598 and 1599
date QS:P571,+1598-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1598-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1599-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions height: 60 cm (23.6 in); width: 55 cm (21.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,60U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,55U174728
institution QS:P195,Q51252
Accession number
00289175 (Uffizi Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
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