Pen and brown ink drawing of a muscular nude man struggling with a rearing horse beside a bearded figure, on tan paper with hatched shading.

Ancient Relief with Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes, Pen and Ink Drawing

A pen and brown ink drawing of a classical relief scene showing a muscular nude hero wrestling with a rearing horse at left, while a bearded figure with horned or ornamented head watches at right. Hatched shading defines the rocky ground and figures on tan paper.

Artist: Girolamo da Carpi
Date: 1521/56
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with traces of red chalk (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 962 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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