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Hercules Kills the Serpents
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Hercules Kills the Serpents

Agostino Veneziano · 1533 · engraving; paper

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

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The young Hercules sits on his cradle, and strangles with his hands the snakes that Juno sent against him. To the right, Alcmene and Amphitryon watch in amazement from their bed. In the lower margin a cartouche without text.

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Credit lineHercules doodt de slangen. 1533. Agostino Veneziano. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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