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Hercules Killing the Dragon Ladon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Eighth print from a series of thirteen with the works of Hercules.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHercules doodt de draak Ladon. 1550. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
