Hercules and the Centaurs: Hercules holds the head of a centaur with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the foreground and background are fallen and fleeing centaurs, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Antonio Tempesta
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1608
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (13.9 x 17.5 cm)
plate: 3 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10 x 14.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Weapons|Hercules|Centaurs