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Henry Fuseli|Johann Heinrich Lips

Hercules Slays Diomedes and his Flesh-Eating Mares (Apollodorus, II, 5, 8 and Quintus Smyrnaeus, VI, 247-250)

1806
Outline engraving and etching
32 × 25 cm (12.6 × 9.8 in)

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