Hannibal Carraccio. Hercules ūnd Iole. Palazzo Farnese (Main View)

Photograph of an engraving by Friedrich Heinrich Nicolaus Küsthardt, the Elder, after a scene in "The Loves of Gods," a fresco cycle in the Palazzo Farnese by Annibale Carracci and his studio. The fresco depicts Hercules and Iole sitting next to each other in a reversal of roles, with Hercules playing a tambourine and Iole wearing the skin of the Nemean lion and holding his club. The engraving is signed and dated by Küsthardt in Rome, 1858.