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Allegory on transience, the Three Graces and Hercules
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Allegory on transience, the Three Graces and Hercules

Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen · 1740 - 1778 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Three different depictions: an allegory on transience with a crowned empty cartouche surrounded by two weeping putti and Death with a scythe; Hercules in combat with Antaeus; the Three Graces on a pedestal.

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Credit lineAllegorie op de vergankelijkheid, de drie Gratiën en Hercules. 1740 - 1778. Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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