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Cristofano di Michele Martini (Il Robetta)|Antonio Pollaiuolo

Hercules and the Hydra; wielding a torch he attacks the winged, multi-headed Hydra in rocky landscape, a hawk attacks a heron in the sky

ca. 1500–1520
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23.7 × 8.5 cm (9.3 × 3.3 in)

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