Hercules doodt de slangen
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
224; 185
About this artwork
De jonge Hercules zit op zijn wieg, en wurgt met zijn handen de slangen die door Juno op hem zijn afgestuurd. Rechts kijken Alcmene en Amphytrion vanaf hun bed verbaasd toe.
About the Artist
Agostino Veneziano
Agostino Veneziano, born Agostino de' Musi around 1490 in Venice, received his initial artistic training there, though his primary teacher remains unknown. He began as a pupil of Giulio Campagnola, copying prints by Albrecht Dürer and Campagnola himself from about 1512–14, before producing original works in a similar vein. By around 1515, after brief stints in Florence, he settled in Rome and join...