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Hercules Killing the Centaur Nessus
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Hercules Killing the Centaur Nessus

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · 1515 - 1565 · engraving; paper

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

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The centaur Nessus is ferryman at a river. As he ferries Deianira across, he tries to abduct her and gallops away with her. Hercules who was already on the other shore, draws his bow to shoot Nessus down.

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Credit lineHercules doodt de centaur Nessus. 1515 - 1565. Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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