Title print with Hercules and personification of History. Latin on a pedestal, flanked by the personification of History and Hercules. Above the pedestal a globe with trumpets, sword and a belt. In a cartouche under the pedestal a medallion with Zeus and Europe. Title print for a series of one hundred and eighty prints with portraits, (story of) Hercules (Heracles), 'Historia', 'Historia' (Ripa), Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europe and carries across the water, Pieter de Jode (II) (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1651, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 136 mm
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Title print, Hercules, personification, History, Latin, pedestal, flanked, globe, trumpets, sword, belt, cartouche under, medallion, Zeus, Europe, series, hundred, eighty prints, portraits, story, Heracles, Historia, Ripa, Jupiter, usually, shape, white bull, abducts Europe, carries across, water, Pieter de Jode, II, mentioned, object, Antwerp, 1651, paper, engraving
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