Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy)

An engraving on laid paper shows a nude man seen from behind striding toward a reclining nude woman, while a clothed woman with raised arms stands among trees and a small putto sits at right. Dense hatched lines model the bodies and foliage, with a distant castle and hills receding on the left, in a scene the museum titles Hercules at the Crossroads.

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Date

before 1500

Medium

Engraving on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2119 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum