Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from "Herculean Subjects"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Herculean Subjects
Artist: Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino
Artist bio: Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)|Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1526–27
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 8 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (21.3 × 17.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949
Tags: Female Nudes|Hercules|Bulls