The Gaze of Medusa and the Practice of the Historian: Rubens and Huygens

Mere Image: Caravaggio, Virtuosity, and Medusa’s Averted Eyes

“…Leonardo took so long over the work that the stench of the dead animals in his room became unbearable, although he himself failed to notice because of his great love of painting. 8 This shield, Vasari writes, then made it into the collection of the Duke of Milan. This story is often conflated with the following account:…”