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Hercules as a child strangling a snake
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Hercules as a child strangling a snake

anonymous · 1516 - 1556 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

On a raised platform stands a bed on which the young Hercules is strangling a snake. A staircase leads to the platform, flanked by two caryatids. Sheet from a series of 9 sheets.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornament ~ grotesquecaryatids ~ architecture
Credit lineHercules als kind wurgt een slang. 1516 - 1556. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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