Medusa - Rome, Italy
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LeoGeo
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A copy of Caravaggio's painting of Medusa on an apartment building's utility box in Rome.
Waymark Code: WMEEED
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 05/16/2012
Views: 9
The box is located on the Via Luigi Masi side of a residential building whose address is 19 Via Giacomo Venezian, in the Trastevere section of Rome. It's a copy of the decorative shield depicting the head of the Greek mythical character Medusa (who had snakes for hair, and a glimpse of whom could turn humans to stone), painted by Caravaggio and currently on exhibit at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
I saw another utility box painted by an artist who used the same cube-shaped signature, and who clearly was doing another copy of a classic painting, on the Via Cavour in the city center, but unfortunately didn't have a camera.
Name of Artist: Unknown
Title of the Art: Medusa
Year Decorated: Unknown; no later than March 2012
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