Hercules as the embodiment of strength and courage with his attributes the club and house of a lion. His powerful male body, a favourite theme with old poets, is referred to in the inscription HERCVLIS HEC EORMA EST GRAIIS CELEBRATA POETIS. Copy after print by Jacopo Giovanni Caraglio, Hercules with club and skin of a lion Gods and Goddesses (series title), print maker: Jacob Binck, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, Germany, 1530, paper, engraving, h 212 mm × w 108 mm

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