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Antonio Tempesta

Hercules and Achelous: at center Hercules grasps the horns of a bull while pressing his right foot onto its leg, at left Hercules wrestles a serpent, at right Hercules wrestles a male figure on the ground, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

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

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