Hercules and  Achelous: at center Hercules grasps the horns of a bull while pressing his right foot onto its leg, at left Hercules wrestles a serpent, at right Hercules wrestles a male figure on the ground, 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: Men|Hercules|Bulls|Serpents