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Hercules Wrestling with Achelous
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Hercules Wrestling with Achelous

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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Hercules in fight with the river god Achelous for Deianira, the daughter of the river god Oeneus. Achelous has assumed the form of a bull. In the background a group of nymphs.

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Credit lineHercules worstelt met Acheloüs. 1515 - 1565. Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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