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Painting of a nude statue on a pedestal in a rocky landscape, with a bearded man in red bending over a figure at left and a winged figure in the sky.

Prometheus creates the first Man

A nude male statue stands on a dark pedestal in a rocky landscape with a distant town and hills. At left, a bearded man in a red cloak bends over a bronze-toned figure, while two people in the foreground gesture toward the statue and a winged figure flies in the upper right.

Artist
Piero di Cosimo
Date
1510
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3000 × 1656 px
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Public domain · Piero di Cosimo died 1522 and the work dates by 1510; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Piero di Cosimo, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Prometeo crea al primer hombre

Una estatua masculina desnuda se alza sobre un pedestal oscuro en un paisaje rocoso con un pueblo y colinas al fondo. A la izquierda, un hombre barbado con capa roja se inclina sobre una figura de tono broncíneo, mientras dos personas en primer plano gesticulan hacia la estatua y una figura alada vuela en la parte superior derecha.

Português: Prometeu cria o primeiro homem

Uma estátua masculina nua ergue-se sobre um pedestal escuro em uma paisagem rochosa, com uma cidade e colinas ao fundo. À esquerda, um homem barbado de manto vermelho inclina-se sobre uma figura de tom bronzeado, enquanto duas pessoas em primeiro plano gesticulam em direção à estátua e uma figura alada voa no alto à direita.

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