Hercules worstelt met Acheloüs

in or after 1563 - before 1595 · Print

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Hercules vecht met de riviergod Acheloüs die de gedaante van een stier aangenomen heeft. Het gaat om de gunst van Deïanira de dochter van de riviergod Oeneus. Hercules breekt de stier de horens af. Op de achtergrond is te zien hoe nimfen een van de horens vullen en gebruiken als hoorn des overvloeds.

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Scheda

Numero di inventario: RP-P-1899-A-21762

Che cosa raffigura

While fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a bull, or a bull-headed man Hercules breaks off a horn Naiads fill the horn with flowers and fruits It thus becomes the Cornucopia

In catalogo

Stampe Rinascimento XVI secolo

Fonti

Rijksmuseum
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Nella vita di Cornelis Cort

Tutta la vita

1560–1565 · Luogo di lavoro
Northern Low Countries
1565–1566
Move to Venice, Living in Titian's House
In 1565–1566 Cort lived in Venice in the house of Titian, who immediately recognized his abilities and gave him his finest paintings to reproduce.
1565–1566 · Luogo di lavoro
Venice
1566–1569 · Luogo di lavoro
Rome
1570s
Roman School of Engravers and Work for Lafreri
In Rome he worked extensively for the publishing house of Antonio Lafreri and founded a famous school of engravers that produced a whole line of skilled masters; his manner was later developed by Agostino Carracci.
marzo 1578
Died