The Infant Hercules with a Serpent, by Pieter van der Werff, 1700 - 1722
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The Infant Hercules with a Serpent

Also titled De jonge Hercules met de slangen

Pieter van der Werff (Kralingen-Ambacht, 1665–1722)

1700 - 1722

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 7.5 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De jonge Hercules doodt liggend in zijn wieg de twee slangen. Op de achtergrond links een venster met uitzicht op een landschap, rechts een schildering of reliëf. Pendant van SK-C-268.