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Painting of a nude man chained at the foot by a bearded smith while a winged Mercury with a caduceus watches beside a glowing furnace.

Prometheus door Vulcanus geketend

Prometheus, bound at the wrist and ankle, is stretched diagonally across the foreground while a bearded older man, Vulcan, kneels to fasten an iron shackle at his foot. Behind them, the winged figure of Mercury holding a caduceus looks on beside a glowing furnace, with dramatic chiaroscuro lighting the nude bodies against a dark ground.

Artist
Dirck van Baburen (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1623
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3616 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1623.
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 por Vulcano

Prometeo, atado por la muñeca y el tobillo, yace en diagonal en primer plano mientras un hombre mayor y barbado, Vulcano, se arrodilla para sujetar un grillete de hierro a su pie. Detrás de ellos, la figura alada de Mercurio, con un caduceo, observa junto a un horno incandescente, y el claroscuro dramático ilumina los cuerpos desnudos sobre un fondo oscuro.

Português: Prometeu acorrentado por Vulcano

Prometeu, preso pelo pulso e pelo tornozelo, está estendido em diagonal no primeiro plano enquanto um homem barbudo e mais velho, Vulcano, se ajoelha para prender um grilhão de ferro ao seu pé. Atrás deles, a figura alada de Mercúrio, segurando um caduceu, observa ao lado de uma fornalha incandescente, com claro-escuro dramático iluminando os corpos nus contra um fundo escuro.

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