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Herakles med Mars, Minerva og Amor, der viser den stenede vej til de udødeliges tempel

A muscular Hercules stands beside armoured Minerva and Mars while winged Cupid points toward a temple reached by a steep rocky path. The print turns the goddess’s…

A muscular Hercules stands beside armoured Minerva and Mars while winged Cupid points toward a temple reached by a steep rocky path. The print turns the goddess’s heroic guidance into a richly detailed early-modern allegory of virtue and immortality.

Source citation: Jan Harmensz. Muller, after Bartholomeus Spranger; published by Cornelis Danckerts I. Herakles med Mars, Minerva og Amor, der viser den stenede vej til de udødeliges tempel. ca. 1591 (SMK work-date note; indexed date range 1589–1592). Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen. KKSgb22143. https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KKSgb22143

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