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Engraving of a bearded, muscular man chained to rocks while a large eagle tears at his torso; a snake coils in the rocks below.

Prometheus chained to the Caucasus rocks, eagle attacking, 1566 engraving

An engraving shows a muscular, bearded man chained by the wrists to a rocky outcrop, his torso twisted as a large eagle with spread wings tears at his belly. A draped cloth falls across his legs, and a coiled snake lies among the rocks at lower left, under dense hatched lines and clouds.

Artist
Cornelis Cort
Date
1566
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3229 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1566.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · 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 Myths16th centuryrenaissance1560s1566engravingprinthatchingrocksmythologyeaglegreek mythprometheuschained figurecornelis cort

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