Apotheosis of Hercules Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), After his death Hercules is taken up in the wagon of Minerva to Jupiter, to take his place among the twelve gods of the Olympus. Right in the background Hercules at the stake. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin, apotheosis of Hercules: he is borne to heaven in a four-horse chariot and reconciled with Juno, Hercules has himself carried to Mount Oeta and placed on a pyre, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Keulen, 1602 - 1607, paper, engraving, h 84 mm × w 133 mm
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