Hercules Fighting Cerberus

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Title

Hercules Fighting Cerberus

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

pen and wash 315 x 187 mm - (within image) Titiano Vecelli (ink - l.c.). Verso; (ink) 114 (l.r.) Although this has been described as Man with club, fighting off dogs, in fact it represents one of the twelve labours of Hercules, in which he descends into the underworld to capture Cerberus, the three headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades. ...

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Date created

16th century

Creator

Luca Cambiaso

URL

https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/5634

Related subjects

figures (representations) / men / battles / nudes / cloaks / dogs / clubs (weapons) / frontal / Drawing

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