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Antonio Tempesta

Hercules strangling the serpents: Hercules grasps two serpents in his crib, Juno points toward the serpents from a mass of cloud at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

1608
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13.2 × 18 cm (5.2 × 7.1 in)

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