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Hercules Killing the Dragon Ladon
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Hercules Killing the Dragon Ladon

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1550 · engraving; paper

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

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In the garden of the Hesperides Hercules kills the dragon Ladon who guarded the apples, with raised club and with one foot standing on the neck of the beast. In the background Hercules plucks the apples from the tree. Eighth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

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Credit lineHercules doodt de draak Ladon. 1550. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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