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A dark green sock with a pattern of bloody gorgon heads on a foot mannequin beside the painting it is based on.
The socks laid flat. The gorgon head is beheaded with a bloody neck and shocked face with squiggly bits for the snake hair.
The heel and toe of the sock is a darker green.

Medusa Socks

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Caravaggio is known for his unique fascination with violence and realism, and by the time he started achieving success as an artist, he was even encountering some run-ins with the law. After visiting Caravaggio's studio and seeing the first version of the Medusa, The Metula painting (smaller than its second and only version) the Medici family’s agent commissioned this piece as a symbol of the Grand Duke of Tuscany’s courage.

Both pieces were executed in two consecutive years, both portraying Caravaggio as Medusa: a woman with snake hair who turned people to stone by looking at them; with a severed head and shocked eyes as she thought herself as invincible.

 

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Medusa, 1597

Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 60 x 55 cm

Uffizi, Florence

 

Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. 

Size Guide: Large: L: 41-46 UK (7½-11½) US (8-12), Medium: M: 36-40 UK (4-7) US (4½-7½) 

  

Material: 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane.

Brand: Curator Socks

Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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