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Hercules Killing Cacus
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Hercules Killing Cacus

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1550 · engraving; paper

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

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Hercules pushes Cacus with his foot to the ground, has his steel club raised to kill Cacus. In the background Cacus at a cave, has two stolen cows from the herds of Geryon by the tail. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Third print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.

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Credit lineHercules doodt Cacus. 1550. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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