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Hercules Kills the Serpents
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHercules doodt de slangen. 1533. Agostino Veneziano. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.