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Summary

Annibale Carracci : The Choice of Hercules wikidata:Q283665 reasonator:Q283665
Artist
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) wikidata:Q7824 s:it:Autore:Annibale Carracci q:it:Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci
Description Italian painter, printmaker, drawer, architectural draftsperson and graphic designer
Date of birth/death 3 November 1560 Edit this at Wikidata 15 July 1609 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bologna Rome
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q7824
Title
The Choice of Heracles
label QS:Lit,"Ercole al bivio"
label QS:Lde,"Hercules am Scheideweg"
label QS:Len,"The Choice of Heracles"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Italiano: Ritrae Ercole incerto sulla scelta fra due sonne. Quella di destra con veste trasparente rappresenta il Piacere, e gli indica la strada piana tra carte da gioco, maschere teatrali e strumenti musicali. La donna vestita a sinistra invece rappresenta la Virtù che gli indica una strada faticosa, stretta ed in salita, in cima alla quale però lo attende il cavallo alato Pegaso, emblema del casato Farnese, che lo condurrà alla gloria ed in cielo.
Deutsch: Es zeigt Herkules im Zweifel über die Entscheidung zwischen zwei Frauen. Die rechte, die "Freude", mit durchsichtiger Kleidung angetan, weist auf eine Straße mit Kartenspiel, Theatermasken und Musikinstrumenten. Die Frau zur Linken ist die Tugend, weist einen schmalen steilen Weg, wo jedoch das geflügelte Pferd Pegasus wartet, das Symbol der Familie Farnese, das zum Himmel führt.
Date 1596
date QS:P571,+1596-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 165 cm (64.9 in); width: 239 cm (94 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,165U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,239U174728
institution QS:P195,Q290549
Current location
Collezione Farnese
Accession number
Q 365
References Museum of Capodimonte
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art : Image Info about artwork
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The Judgement of Hercules (1596)

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