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Hercules at the crossroads. (

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Artist

Creator:Jonas Hunerbein after Jan Sadeler I

Title

Hercules at the crossroads.

Date

1595

Medium

oil on oak wood

Dimensions

height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 46 cm (18.1 in)

Collection

Royal Castle in Warsaw

	Native name	Zamek Królewski w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 14′ 52″ N, 21° 00′ 51″ E
	Established	1984 (Museum)
	Website	www.zamek-krolewski.pl
	Authority file	: Q756098 VIAF: 152815748 ISNI: 0000000123590478 LCCN: n81120653 OSM: 64436 GND: 1092766-9 WorldCat

Accession number

ZKW 545

Object history

1984: given by Julianna Koterba

Inscriptions

Monogram:

IHM 1595

Notes

After an engraving by Johan Sadeler I after Frederick Sustris from about 1588-1595 depicting Maximilian I of Bavaria as a young Hercules between virtue and pleasure.

References

Dorota Juszczak, Hanna Małachowicz (2007). Zamek Królewski w Warszawie: malarstwo do 1900 : katalog zbiorów. Zamek Królewski w Warszawie. ISBN 83-70221-68-8, cat. no. 159

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Own work (BurgererSF)

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current	11:10, 7 June 2014		739 × 990 (580 KB)	Vert (talk \| contribs)	Better quality
	16:27, 10 February 2013		439 × 607 (113 KB)	BurgererSF (talk \| contribs)	Warsaw