Hercules and Antaeus, Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609, Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash on cream paper, Hercules, wearing a lion's skin, lifts the giant, Antaeus, over his head. The figures are seen foreshortened from below. An inscriptional ribbon below the two figures reads: SIC PEREAT QVISQVIS TERRA GENITRICE SVPERBIT. The drawing is in the shape of a circle, with two triangular-shaped corners protruding from the lower left and lower right., Italy, 1800–20, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Hercules, Antaeus, Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609, Pen, black ink, brush, brown wash, cream paper, Hercules, wearing, lion's skin, lifts, giant, Antaeus, head, figures, foreshortened, inscriptional ribbon, two figures reads, SIC PEREAT QVISQVIS TERRA GENITRICE SVPERBIT, drawing, shape, circle, two triangular-shaped corners protruding, lower left, lower right, Italy, 1800–20, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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