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Oval cartouche with Hercules and the Cretan bull
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Hercules, standing next to a tree, holding the Cretan bull with his left hand. Running over the cartouche is an arch decorated with leaf motifs, supported by two female herms. From a series of title page + 16 sheets with cartouches or architectural fantasies with a representation in a frame of grotesques with mythical creatures, animals, garlands, trophies and mascarons.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOvale cartouche met Hercules en de Kretenzische stier. 1565 - 1571. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
