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The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Conquering Troy

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

The illustration depicts a chaotic scene of battle. A man wearing only a helmet and holding two swords fights on horseback, while another man wearing armor and holding a polearm rides a horse next to him. The two horses stand on a fallen man. A man on the left with a sword faces the men on horseback. The man on the right on horseback strikes a man standing before him with the polearm. The background contains foliage and trees. The image is rendered in black and white with heavy shading. The text at the top reads "HERCULES MULTIS BELLIS LACESSIT TROIAM." Numbers are located at the bottom left and right corners.

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1263 × 851 px
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