Design for a Fountain with the Labors of Hercules, Vincenzo di Raffaello de' Rossi, Italian, 1527–1587, Black chalk on off-white laid paper, An octagonal basin upon a square platform from which a shaft rises at center supporting a circular basin and two tiers adorned with statues depicting episodes of the Hercules legend. At the top of the shaft, Hercules supports the world. On top pier, Hercules is shown with the Cretan Bull (at right side); Hercules with Hydra and the Nemean Lion (at left side). Below them, on the rim of the circular basin (at mid-section of fountain)

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