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Alcmene Giving Birth to Hercules
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Alcmene Giving Birth to Hercules

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1607 · engraving; paper

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Alcmene baart Hercules en diens tweelingbroer Iphicles. Thebaanse vrouwen spreken haar moed in. Juno vertraagt de geboorte door de beschermgodin Lucina om te kopen. De dienstmeid Galanthis fopt de godin die voor het vertrek zit en redt zo Alcmene. In de marge een vierregelig onderschrift, in twee kolommen, in het Latijn.

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Credit lineAlcmene baart Hercules. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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