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Engraving in an oval frame: muscular Hercules lifts a globe overhead, flanked by a seated man with a sphere at left and a bearded man with a book at right.

Hercules Holding the World Between Two Philosophers, Etching

An oval etching shows a muscular nude Hercules, club at his feet, lifting a large globe onto his shoulders while a bearded figure at left holds a armillary sphere and another seated figure at right rests on a book. Engraved Latin verses appear in the lower margin beneath the scene.

Artist
Annibale Carracci
Date
[1674]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2483 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1674.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Greek and Roman MythsThe Zodiac and the StarsPhilosophers and Sagesbaroqueengravingetchingmythologyglobeastronomyoval compositionarmillary spherephilosophermathematicsherculesannibale carracci

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