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Mezzotint of a nude man raising a club against a winged harpy at right, while two women watch beside a doorway inscribed Janus.

Allegorie op de Vrede van Nijmegen (1678): Hercules verslaat de harpijen voor de tempel van Janus

A muscular nude man with a raised club strikes at a winged, bird-bodied creature with a human face, a harpy, crouched in foliage at right. Two women in classical dress watch from the left beside a doorway inscribed with the name Janus, and the mezzotint's dense tonal contrast gives the scene drama.

Artist
Abraham Bloteling (mentioned on object)
Date
1678
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3013 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1678.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Hércules y las arpías ante el templo de Jano

Un hombre desnudo y musculoso levanta un garrote contra una criatura alada con cuerpo de ave y rostro humano, una arpía, agazapada entre el follaje a la derecha. Dos mujeres con vestidos clásicos observan desde la izquierda, junto a una puerta con la inscripción de Jano, y el fuerte contraste tonal de la mezzotinta da dramatismo a la escena.

Português: Hércules e as harpias diante do templo de Jano

Um homem nu e musculoso ergue um bastão contra uma criatura alada, com corpo de ave e rosto humano, uma harpia, agachada entre a folhagem à direita. Duas mulheres em trajes clássicos observam da esquerda, ao lado de uma porta com a inscrição de Jano, e o forte contraste tonal da meia-tinta dá drama à cena.

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