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Francesco Angeloni|Battista Franco|Philippe Thomassin|Enea Vico|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Hercules and Cerberus, from "Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata"

published ca. 1599–1622
Engraving; third state
8.8 × 12.4 cm (3.5 × 4.9 in)

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