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Hercules kills the bull from Crete
Marco Marchetti1556/1557
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
This is one of the labours of Hercules, during which the hero manages to capture the bull that was ravaging all Crete setting free the island from danger. Photo: Fotografia d' Arte di Paolo Tosi
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Details
- Title: Hercules kills the bull from Crete
- Creator Lifespan: ca. 1527 - 1588
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Faenza
- Creator Birth Place: Faenza
- Date Created: 1556/1557
- painter: Marco Marchetti from Faenza
- Theme: mythological subject
- Physical Dimensions: w75 x h85 cm (Complete)
- Period: Mannerism
- Original title: Ercole uccide il toro di Creta
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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