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Antonio Tempesta Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Hercules strangling the serpents: Hercules grasps two serpents in his crib, Juno points toward the serpents from a mass of cloud at right, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

Nessus attempting to take Dejanira from Hercules: Nessus restrains Dejanira on his back while striding to the right, Hercules draws his arrow at left, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: Nessus attempting to take Dejanira from Hercules: Nessus restrains Dejanira on his back while striding to the right, Hercules draws his arrow at left, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

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'

Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome / The Met

   title: 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'
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 2012

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