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A statue of Hercules and Cerberus

Hercules is capturing Cerberus and completeing his twelfth labour. This is from the portal of the Michaelertrakt, Hofburg, Vienna

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Gathering of various Olympian gods and mythological figures among clouds, Apollo at ce

Gathering of various Olympian gods and mythological figures among clouds, Apollo at center with his lyre, Vulcan, Mercury, Hercules, and Hermes to right, various figures below, horses and attendants behind in center, from Giove che fulmina li giganti, after the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sala dei Giganti designed by Giulio Romano for the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, ca. 1680

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Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left

Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders, from the series The Labors of Hercules, 1608

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