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Engraving of a bearded, muscular man chained to rocks while a large eagle tears at his torso; a snake coils in the rocks below.

Prometheus aan de rotsen van de Kaukasus geketend / Tityus in de hel

An engraving shows a muscular, bearded man chained by the wrists to a rocky outcrop, his torso twisted as a large eagle with spread wings tears at his belly. A draped cloth falls across his legs, and a coiled snake lies among the rocks at lower left, under dense hatched lines and clouds.

Artist
Cornelis Cort
Date
1566
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3229 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1566.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · 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: Prometeo encadenado a las rocas del Cáucaso, águila atacando, grabado de 1566

Un grabado muestra a un hombre musculoso y barbado encadenado por las muñecas a un promontorio rocoso, con el torso retorcido mientras un gran águila de alas extendidas le desgarra el vientre. Una tela drapeada cae sobre sus piernas y una serpiente enroscada yace entre las rocas, en la parte inferior izquierda, bajo densas líneas sombreadas y nubes.

Português: Prometeu acorrentado às rochas do Cáucaso, águia atacando, gravura de 1566

Uma gravura mostra um homem musculoso e barbado, acorrentado pelos pulsos a um penhasco rochoso, com o torso torcido enquanto uma grande águia de asas abertas lhe rasga o ventre. Um tecido drapeado cai sobre suas pernas, e uma serpente enrolada repousa entre as pedras, no canto inferior esquerdo, sob densas linhas hachuradas e nuvens.

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