Hercules and the Hydra, Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I), c. 1722 - c. 1728 On a square plinth, the gesture Hercules with the left foot on the back of the winding Hydra is on a squint. With both hands he swings out the club above him, thereby bends somewhat forward, whereby his gaze is certified on the opened mouth of the winged monster, which has focused the tail up. From the raised top right arm, the lion skin hangs in an arc along the back to the right, runs over the left grow bone and covers the shame, the head hangs against the tree stump. Antwerp sandstone On a square plinth, the gesture He
Hercules and the Hydra, Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I), c. 1722 - c. 1728 On a square plinth, the gesture Hercules with the left foot on the back of the winding Hydra is on a squint. With both hands he swings out the club above him, thereby bends somewhat forward, whereby his gaze is certified on the opened mouth of the winged monster, which has focused the tail up. From the raised top right arm, the lion skin hangs in an arc along the back to the right, runs over the left grow bone and covers the shame, the head hangs against the tree stump. Antwerp sandstone On a square plinth, the gesture Hercules with the left foot on the back of the winding Hydra is on a squint. With both hands he swings out the club above him, thereby bends somewhat forward, whereby his gaze is certified on the opened mouth of the winged monster, which has focused the tail up. From the raised top right arm, the lion skin hangs in an arc along the back to the right, runs over the left grow bone and covers the shame, the head hangs against the tree stump. Antwerp sandstone
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