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Antonio Tempesta

Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes: Hercules grasps the bridle of a rearing horse, a second horse tramples a figure in at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

1608
Etching
13.5 × 17.7 cm (5.3 × 7 in)

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