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Etching of a nude bearded man struggling with a large eagle beside him, set among rocks and hatched sky.

Prometheus

A muscular, bearded male nude stands on rocky ground, twisting his body as a large eagle with spread wings tears at his side. Fine hatched lines model the figure, rocks, and sky, and a small inscription appears on a stone block at lower right.

Artist
Sebastiano de' Valentinis
Date
1558
Medium
Etching with touches of drypoint
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2483 × 3563 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1558).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1970

Español: Prometeo, grabado de Sebastiano de' Valentinis

Un hombre desnudo, musculoso y barbado, está de pie sobre un terreno rocoso y retuerce el cuerpo mientras un águila grande con las alas extendidas le ataca el costado. Líneas finas y cruzadas modelan la figura, las rocas y el cielo, y una pequeña inscripción aparece en un bloque de piedra en la esquina inferior derecha.

Português: Prometeu, gravura de Sebastiano de' Valentinis

Um homem nu, musculoso e barbado, está de pé sobre um chão rochoso, torcendo o corpo enquanto uma grande águia de asas abertas ataca seu flanco. Linhas finas e cruzadas modelam a figura, as rochas e o céu, e uma pequena inscrição aparece em um bloco de pedra no canto inferior direito.

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