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Annibale Carracci

Hercules and Omphale

1560–1609
Red and black chalk; outlines partly pricked for transfer; framing outlines in black chalk
39 × 43.3 cm (15.4 × 17 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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