The Choice of Hercules / Hercules at the Crossroads / Mannerist; Creation date: 1597

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Work Title: The Choice of Hercules; Hercules at the Crossroads
Creator/Culture: painter: Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609)
Site/Repository: Repository: Museo e gallerie nazionali di Capodimonte (Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy)
Period/Date: Mannerist; Creation date: 1597
Media/Technique: oil on canvas, painting (image-making)
Dimensions: 167.97x238.25 cm (66.13x93.8 inches)
Subjects: Hercules (Roman mythology); Pleasure (Allegory); Virtue (Allegory); Intersections; Male nudes; Women; Female allegorical figures; Female figures; Books; Clubs (Weapons); Musical instruments; Theatrical costume; Vices (Allegorical figures)
Work Record ID: 171241
Image Record ID: 994204
Digital filename: 08vmif0303
Classification Filing Number: 372; C3124; 4H; *.r-digitalonly
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:17:30

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2739 x 1965
File Size: 716 KB
Record: 994204
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-994204/08vmif0303

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 994204. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-994204/08vmif0303. June 16, 2024.