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Engraving of a nude muscular man in an arched niche holding a forked staff, with a multi-headed dog crouching at his feet and a Latin inscription below.

Pluto with a Forked Staff and Three-Headed Dog

An engraving of a nude, muscular man standing in an arched niche, raising a forked staff with one arm while a drape falls behind him. At his feet a multi-headed dog crouches, and a Latin inscription naming Pluto runs along the bottom edge.

Artist
Jacob Binck
Date
1530
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2055 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1530.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Greek and Roman Mythsengravingmythologyrenaissance printnude figurelatin inscriptionclassical mytharched nicheunderworldcerberushadesplutoblack and white

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