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Hercules Freeing Prometheus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Hercules is here shown freeing the chained Prometheus from an eagle that comes to pick his liver each day anew. Jupiter had imposed this punishment on Prometheus for stealing fire from the gods. Lespingola's statuette typifies the narrative, dynamic style of the late French Baroque. The lacquered brass stand was added around 1745.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHercules Freeing Prometheus. c. 1670. François Lespingola. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
