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Engraving of the nude figure of Hercules leaning on a club inside an arched niche, with the label HERCVLS above and Latin text below.

Antieke Goden

An engraved print of Hercules standing nude within an arched niche, leaning on a club, with a cloth draped over his arm. The label HERCVLS appears at the top and a Latin inscription below the figure; fine hatched lines model the muscular body against a dark background.

Artist
Nicolaas Braeu
Date
1598
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2509 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1598.
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 en un nicho abovedado, grabado

Grabado que muestra a Hércules de pie y desnudo dentro de un nicho abovedado, apoyado en una maza, con una tela sobre el brazo. La inscripción HERCVLS aparece arriba y un texto latino debajo de la figura; el sombreado de trazos finos modela el cuerpo musculoso sobre un fondo oscuro.

Português: Hércules em nicho em arco, gravura

Gravura de Hércules em pé e nu dentro de um nicho em arco, apoiado em uma clava, com um tecido sobre o braço. A inscrição HERCVLS aparece no alto e um texto em latim abaixo da figura; hachuras finas modelam o corpo musculoso contra um fundo escuro.