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Black-and-white woodcut of a nude muscular man raising a club while wrestling a snarling shaggy beast in a cave.

The Labors of Hercules: Bringing Cerberus from the Lower World

A muscular nude man in a dark cave raises a club overhead while grappling with a snarling, shaggy dog-like beast below him. Dense parallel hatching models his body and the creature's fur in this black-and-white woodcut.

Artist
Gabriel Salmon
Date
c. 1528
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2437 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1533).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection Fund

Español: Los trabajos de Hércules: Cerbero sacado del mundo inferior

Un hombre musculoso y desnudo, en una cueva oscura, levanta un garrote mientras forcejea con una bestia peluda de aspecto canino que se retuerce debajo de él. Un denso sombreado de líneas paralelas modela su cuerpo y el pelaje de la criatura en este grabado en madera en blanco y negro.

Português: Os trabalhos de Hércules: Cérbero trazido do mundo inferior

Um homem musculoso e nu, em uma caverna escura, ergue um porrete enquanto luta com uma besta peluda de aparência canina que se contorce abaixo dele. Hachuras paralelas densas modelam seu corpo e o pelo da criatura nesta xilogravura em preto e branco.

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