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Brown ink and wash drawing of a muscular bearded man raising a club while grappling a centaur below him, with a lion skin at his waist.

Hercules vernietigt de centaur Nessus

A tall brown ink and wash drawing shows a muscular bearded man with a raised club grappling a centaur whose twisted body fills the lower frame. The hero wears a lion skin knotted at his waist, and the figures are rendered in warm sepia tones with strong modeling of light and shadow.

Artist
Maarten van Heemskerck
Date
1550-1560
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1323 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1560.
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 destruye al centauro Neso

Un alto dibujo en tinta y aguada marrón muestra a un hombre musculoso y barbado que levanta una porra mientras fuerza a un centauro cuyo cuerpo retorcido ocupa la parte inferior. El héroe lleva una piel de león anudada a la cintura, y las figuras están tratadas en tonos sepia cálidos con un fuerte modelado de luz y sombra.

Português: Hércules destrói o centauro Nesso

Um alto desenho em tinta e aguada marrom mostra um homem musculoso e barbado erguendo um porrete enquanto agarra um centauro cujo corpo retorcido ocupa a parte inferior da imagem. O herói usa uma pele de leão amarrada na cintura, e as figuras são representadas em tons quentes de sépia, com forte modelagem de luz e sombra.

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