Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra
A muscular nude figure, identified by the record as Hercules, raises a club above a many-headed serpent coiled across the lower right. Black-and-white woodcut with dense hatched lines and a dark stone wall behind the figure.
- Artist
- Gabriel Salmon
- Date
- c. 1528
- Medium
- Woodcut on paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2434 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1533).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection Fund