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Hercules rescues a woman from the centaur
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Hercules rescues a woman from the centaur

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, standing with a club in his hand, is embraced by a woman (his beloved or Hippodamea). Her leg is held by the seated centaur (possibly Eurytion), here depicted as a satyr. In the background Hercules kills the centaur with a knife. Two mythological stories seem combined here. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Tenth print from a series of thirteen with the labours of Hercules.

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Credit lineHercules redt een vrouw van de centaur. 1550. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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