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Woodcut of a muscular Hercules raising a club among nude and draped figures in a columned hall, with an arch opening onto a distant landscape.

Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

A chiaroscuro woodcut showing a muscular, bare-chested Hercules raising a club above his head among seated and standing figures in a colonnaded architectural setting. Nude and draped women sit at the lower right, while a man on the left gestures toward them, and an arched opening reveals a distant landscape.

Artist
Ugo da Carpi
Date
ca. 1520–27
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in green
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2798 × 3589 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1532).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1920

Español: Hércules persiguiendo a la Avaricia del Templo de las Musas

Un xilograbado al claroscuro que muestra a un Hércules musculoso y con el torso desnudo, alzando una maza sobre la cabeza entre figuras sentadas y de pie en un espacio de columnas. Mujeres desnudas y drapeadas están sentadas a la derecha inferior, mientras un hombre a la izquierda les señala, y un arco abierto revela un paisaje lejano.

Português: Hércules expulsando a Avareza do Templo das Musas

Uma xilogravura em claro-escuro que mostra um Hércules musculoso, de torso nu, erguendo uma clava acima da cabeça entre figuras sentadas e em pé em um espaço de colunas. Mulheres nuas e drapeadas estão sentadas à direita inferior, enquanto um homem à esquerda aponta para elas, e um arco aberto revela uma paisagem distante.

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