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Labours of Hercules

The strongman's mythic trials, engraved.

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Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze) — Andrea Mantegna

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna · ca. 1485–88

Abduction of Proserpine — Albrecht Dürer

Abduction of Proserpine

Albrecht Dürer · n.d.

The Companions of Rinaldo — Niccolo Pussino

The Companions of Rinaldo

Niccolo Pussino · ca. 1633

Samson Rending the Lion — Albrecht Dürer

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer · ca. 1497–98

Flying Figure Holding a Crown, Reclining River God — Jacques-Louis David

Flying Figure Holding a Crown, Reclining River God

Jacques-Louis David · n.d.

The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38) — Niccolo Pussino

The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38)

Niccolo Pussino · ca. 1635–38

Dream of Aeneas: Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and points upward with his left hand — Salvator Rosa

Dream of Aeneas: Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and points upward with his left hand

Salvator Rosa · ca. 1663–64

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree — Salvator Rosa

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree

Salvator Rosa · 1661

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel — Michelangelo

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo · 1540–50

The Rape of Ganymede by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle carrying him into the heavens, his dog barking below — Michelangelo Buonarroti · Nicolas Beatrizet

The Rape of Ganymede by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle carrying him into the heavens, his dog barking below

Michelangelo Buonarroti · Nicolas Beatrizet · 1542

Prometheus, naked, chained to a rock, looking up at an eagle standing over him — Michelangelo Buonarroti · Francesco Bartolozzi

Prometheus, naked, chained to a rock, looking up at an eagle standing over him

Michelangelo Buonarroti · Francesco Bartolozzi · 1795

Samson Killing the Lion — Albrecht Dürer

Samson Killing the Lion

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1492–98

Samson Killing the Lion — Albrecht Dürer

Samson Killing the Lion

Albrecht Dürer · c. 1496–97

Mercury descending from the sky a trumpet in his right hand, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome — Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · Marcantonio Raimondi

Mercury descending from the sky a trumpet in his right hand, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · Marcantonio Raimondi · 1517–20

Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography — Henry Fuseli

Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography

Henry Fuseli · 1804 (published 1806-07)

Bellerophon and Pegasus — Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bertel Thorvaldsen · 1790–1844

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow — Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Bertel Thorvaldsen · after 1810

Daedalus and Icarus — Giulio Romano

Daedalus and Icarus

Giulio Romano · early 1530s

Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus — Giulio Romano

Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus

Giulio Romano · after 1536

Orpheus and Eurydice (recto) — Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Orpheus and Eurydice (recto)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard · c. 1761

Cupid Punishing a Satyr — Jusepe de Ribera

Cupid Punishing a Satyr

Jusepe de Ribera · n.d.

Saint Jerome in Penitence — Agostino Carracci

Saint Jerome in Penitence

Agostino Carracci · n.d.

Jason and the Dragon — Salvator Rosa

Jason and the Dragon

Salvator Rosa · c. 1663

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian — Hans Baldung Grien

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Hans Baldung Grien · 1505/07

The Great St. Sebastian — Hans Baldung Grien

The Great St. Sebastian

Hans Baldung Grien · 1514

Hercules and Cacus — Hendrik Goltzius

Hercules and Cacus

Hendrik Goltzius · 1588

Mercury and Argus — Hendrik Goltzius

Mercury and Argus

Hendrik Goltzius · c. 1585

Saul and David — Baccio Bandinelli

Saul and David

Baccio Bandinelli · n.d.

Ganymede as a young boy riding a large eagle (Zeus) in flight above a landscape — Giulio Campagnola · Andrea Mantegna

Ganymede as a young boy riding a large eagle (Zeus) in flight above a landscape

Giulio Campagnola · Andrea Mantegna · ca. 1500–1505

Rape of Deianira — Luca Cambiaso

Rape of Deianira

Luca Cambiaso · after c. 1575

Mars — Heinrich Aldegrever

Mars

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1529

Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods — Heinrich Aldegrever

Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1533

Jonah Cast Up by the Whale — Domenico Tintoretto

Jonah Cast Up by the Whale

Domenico Tintoretto · 17th century

Hercules and Antaeus — Ugo da Carpi · Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Hercules and Antaeus

Ugo da Carpi · Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · ca. 1517–18

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupid approaching Apollo, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne" — Master of the Die · Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupid approaching Apollo, from "Story of Apollo and Daphne"

Master of the Die · Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi · 1530–60

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and Nessus — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and Nessus

Hans Sebald Beham · 1542

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld

Hans Sebald Beham · 1545

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Shooting Nessus — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Shooting Nessus

Hans Sebald Beham · 1542

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld

Hans Sebald Beham · 1545

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra

Hans Sebald Beham · 1545

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra

Hans Sebald Beham · 1545

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Hans Sebald Beham · 1548

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on his Pyre — Hans Sebald Beham

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on his Pyre

Hans Sebald Beham · 1548

Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from "Herculean Subjects" — Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · Rosso Fiorentino

Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from "Herculean Subjects"

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · Rosso Fiorentino · ca. 1526–27

Two Tritons fighting - Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion) — Daniel Hopfer

Two Tritons fighting - Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion)

Daniel Hopfer

The Fatal Bellman — George Richmond

The Fatal Bellman

George Richmond · 1827

A Crucified Man (Haman) — Melchior Lorck

A Crucified Man (Haman)

Melchior Lorck · 1550

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede — Giovanni Battista Palumba

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede

Giovanni Battista Palumba · 1500–1510

Fire, from The Four Elements — Philip Galle

Fire, from The Four Elements

Philip Galle · 1564

Mercury Rescues the Disguised Io after Beheading Argus — Johann Michael Rottmayr

Mercury Rescues the Disguised Io after Beheading Argus

Johann Michael Rottmayr · c. 1695

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