Page from a book with text on recto and on the reverse, and an image at the beginning of book 9. Hercules with the lion's skin to struggle with the rivergod Acheloüs. Taking in battle various guises. Links Hercules struggling with a bull, to the right with a hose. Hercules breaks off a horn of the bull. In the background is a group of nymphs a cornucopia of broken hoorn. Manufacturer : printmaker Abraham Bare Ling (attributed to), designed by Antonio Tempesta Publisher: widow Abraham Orphan (I) printer Daniel BakkamudePlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1671 Physical features : etching materia
Page from a book with text on recto and on the reverse, and an image at the beginning of book 9. Hercules with the lion's skin to struggle with the rivergod Acheloüs. Taking in battle various guises. Links Hercules struggling with a bull, to the right with a hose. Hercules breaks off a horn of the bull. In the background is a group of nymphs a cornucopia of broken hoorn. Manufacturer : printmaker Abraham Bare Ling (attributed to), designed by Antonio Tempesta Publisher: widow Abraham Orphan (I) printer Daniel BakkamudePlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1671 Physical features : etching material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: h 100 mm × W 120 mmblad: h 193 mm × W 150 mmToelichtingIllustratie of: Publius Ovidius Naso, Herscheppinge (J. translation of Vondel), Amsterdam, before the game. A. the Be (printed in D. Bakkamude), 1671. Subject: while fighting with the river Hercules-god Achelous changes himself into a bull, or a bull-headed manwhile Hercules fighting with the river-god Achelous changes himself into a serpent hercules breaks off a horn; Naiads fill the horn with flowers and fruits; it becomes the osmanthus Cornucopia
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