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Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude bearded man twisting upward, holding a forked staff, with his foot on a snarling multi-headed dog below.

Pluto en Cerberus

A nude, muscular bearded man twists upward within a tall, narrow composition, gripping a forked staff at the upper left while his foot rests on a snarling dog below. The brown ink and wash drawing shows the dog's heads with bared teeth, while the figure's torso and limbs are rendered in soft modeled shading.

Artist
Maarten van Heemskerck
Date
1555
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1223 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1555.
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: Plutón y Cerbero

Un hombre desnudo, musculoso y barbado se retuerce hacia arriba en una composición alta y estrecha, sujetando un bastón bifurcado en la parte superior izquierda mientras apoya un pie sobre un perro gruñón debajo. El dibujo en tinta parda y aguada muestra las cabezas del perro con los dientes descubiertos, mientras el torso y las extremidades de la figura están trabajados con sombreado suave y modelado.

Português: Plutão e Cérbero

Um homem nu, musculoso e barbado se retorce para cima em uma composição alta e estreita, segurando uma haste bifurcada no canto superior esquerdo enquanto apoia um pé sobre um cão rosnando abaixo. O desenho em tinta marrom e aguada mostra as cabeças do cão com os dentes à mostra, enquanto o torso e os membros da figura são modelados com sombreado suave.

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