The work represents sisyphus, king of ephyra and condemned by zeus to roll with his head and push a large rock uphill, which continually fell downwards, for having revealed that zeus had kidnapped aegina. Object Type: painting. Date: 17th century. Dimensions: height: 189 cm (74.4 in); width: 227 cm (89.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Sísifo, copia del original de José de Ribera (Museo del Prado)
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