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Medusa Gorgon
Margolin Dmitry- Technique
- Majolica
- Dimensions
- 60 × 60 cm
- Year
- 2022
Close-up frontal head of a snake-haired gorgon with a furious glare and blood at the throat, ringed by an eye-and-dot border.
- Style
- Academic
- Mood
- Dramatic
- Themes
- Classical Mythology · Figurative · Portrait · Women
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- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
The plate is filled almost entirely by a woman's head shown frontally, her mouth open in a snarl and eyes fixed in a hostile stare. Writhing snakes twist through her wind-blown curls, and drops of red run from the severed neck below, set against a plain dark teal ground bordered by a repeating pattern of cream, red and ochre roundels.
Flesh is painted in warm ochre and rust hatching that models the furrowed brow and jaw with strong contrast against the dark background, while the snakes are picked out in cool teal and gold. The tight framing and glaring expression give the image a confrontational, dramatic intensity typical of a gorgon mask.
