Hercules Fighting with the Hydra of Lernea

Heinrich Aldegrever

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a scene with a human figure fighting a multi-headed creature. The human is on the left, wielding a club, and wearing a lion's pelt. The creature on the right has multiple heads and is in an aggressive pose. Dark textures are in the background, and skeletal remains are in the foreground. Latin text is at the bottom. The style of the drawing is reminiscent of Renaissance printmaking.