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Marcantonio Raimondi

Hercules, grasping Antaeus at the waist with both arms and lifting him off his feet, in background at right the ruins of a temple, at left a group of trees against which are posed a club and the skin of a lion

ca. 1500–50
Engraving; only state
17.2 × 11.3 cm (6.8 × 4.4 in)

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