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Hannibal Carraccio. Hercules ūnd Iole. Palazzo Farnese

Date

1859

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

Italian

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Photograph of an engraving by Friedrich Heinrich Nicolaus Küsthardt, the Elder, after a scene in "The Loves of Gods," a fresco cycle in the Palazzo Farnese by Annibale Carracci and his studio. The fresco depicts Hercules and Iole sitting next to each other in a reversal of roles, with Hercules playing a tambourine and Iole wearing the skin of the Nemean lion and holding his club. The engraving is signed and dated by Küsthardt in Rome, 1858.

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