Giorgio Ceragioli Italian, 1861-1947
Monumental Medusa,
c. 1920
c. 1920
54h x 27w
Attributed to Georgio Ceragioli after design by Ferdinand Khnopff
Patinated Bronze
Patinated Bronze
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The arresting depiction of a screaming Medusa, her winged head surrounded by a mass of gaping mouthed serpents, was an image popular in European symbolist art of the turn of...
The arresting depiction of a screaming Medusa, her winged head surrounded by a mass of gaping mouthed serpents, was an image popular in European symbolist art of the turn of the century. Inspired by antiquity, particularly the Medusa Rondanini discovered by Goethe in the late 18th century, the image of Medusa became a potent representation of the femme fatale archetype, a seductive, powerful and threatening woman.
Although unsigned, the Medusa sculpture is attributed to Georgio Ceragioli, because he produced variant casts, with differences in the position of the serpents and their gaping mouths, some with fangs, and some without, as in the present example.
Although unsigned, the Medusa sculpture is attributed to Georgio Ceragioli, because he produced variant casts, with differences in the position of the serpents and their gaping mouths, some with fangs, and some without, as in the present example.