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Engraving of a nude man with a club fighting a winged harpy at a temple doorway marked IANVS; women watch at left.

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

A muscular nude man wields a club against a winged, bird-legged harpy while two draped women watch at left beside a stone doorway inscribed IANVS within a niche. A tree rises at right in this finely hatched engraving.

Artist
Abraham Bloteling (mentioned on object)
Date
1678
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3083 × 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 vence a las arpías ante el templo de Jano

Un hombre desnudo y musculoso blande un garrote contra una arpía alada mientras dos mujeres drapeadas observan a la izquierda junto a una puerta de piedra con la inscripción IANVS en un nicho. Un árbol se alza a la derecha en este grabado de trazos finos.

Português: Hércules derrota as Harpias diante do templo de Jano

Um homem nu e musculoso empunha um bastão contra uma harpia alada enquanto duas mulheres drapeadas observam à esquerda, junto a uma porta de pedra com a inscrição IANVS num nicho. Uma árvore se ergue à direita nesta gravura de traços finos.

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