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Hercules and Cacus
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Hercules and Cacus

anonymous · 1652 - 1702 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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In a landscape by a pool Cacus is busy stealing a number of cattle from Hercules. Cacus pulls one of the three depicted cows by its tail. Next to Cacus nine other figures are depicted.

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Credit lineHercules en Cacus. 1652 - 1702. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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