Hercules Destroying the Centaur Nessus
A tall brown ink and wash drawing shows a muscular bearded man with a raised club grappling a centaur whose twisted body fills the lower frame. The hero wears a lion skin knotted at his waist, and the figures are rendered in warm sepia tones with strong modeling of light and shadow.
- Artist
- Maarten van Heemskerck
- Date
- 1550-1560
- Medium
- Source
- Rijksmuseum
- Size
- 1323 × 4000 px
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1560.
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/)
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
