Landscape with hercules. In his hand he holds the heads of king diomedes and the cattle thief cacus, the head of giant geryon on his club. He stands with his foot on the multi-headed hydra of lerna, the water monster he defeats. In the margin a two-line caption from the book of ovid in latin and in dutch. Print 9 out of 10 used as illustration in: tyrannorum praemia. Den loon der tyrannen, published in antwerp by willem van haecht who also composed the text. Engraved by hieronymus wierix after design by maarten van cleve. Date: 1578. Dimensions: height: 134 mm (5.27 in); width: 100 mm (3.93 in). Medium: engraving. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Hieronymus Wierix, Crispijn van den Broeck (After) - Hercules
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