Print, Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins, ca. 1497, Albrecht Dürer, circa 1497

A man wearing an animal skin carrying a club (presumably hercules) has thrown down another man wearing armor. A second man in armor is already on the ground. Behind, a young woman is pursued by an older nude woman brandishing a jawbone. In the background, a landscape and two towns. Object Type: woodcut print, print. Genre: mythological painting. Date: circa 1497. Dimensions: 39.1 x 28.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.). Medium: woodcut on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins, ca. 1497 (CH 18384737)