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Allegorical representation with Hercules trampling on Cupid
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The personification of Temperance sits with her horse bit next to Minerva on a cloud. Together they try to bring the figures on the ground to order. To the left of the cloud stands a man who wants to attack Temperance and Minerva with a sword. In the foreground Hercules stands next to a woman (Pride?): a naked woman with a mural crown and a peacock in her arms. She tries to seduce him. Hercules tramples Cupid with his arrow and bow to the ground. In the foreground lies a card game and a winged devil figure stands on a bag of money. In the lower margin a seven-line verse in French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorische voorstelling met Hercules die Amor vertrapt. 1719. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.