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Antonio Tempesta

Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the foreground and background are fallen and fleeing centaurs, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

1608
Etching
13.9 × 17.5 cm (5.5 × 6.9 in)

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