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Iphicles Saved from a Serpent by his Brother Hercules, ca. 1450, Italian, Padua, Terracotta, Overall (confirmed): 20 1/4 × 23 5/16 × 4 7/8 in., 48.3 lb. (51.4 × 59.2 × 12.4 cm, 21.9 kg), Sculpture, In myth, the Greek princess Alcmena gave birth simultaneously to sons by different fathers: Hercules, sired by Jupiter, and Iphicles, begotten of Amphitryon. Jupiter's vengeful wife Juno sent serpents to devour the boys in their cradle.
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Caption:
Iphicles Saved from a Serpent by his Brother Hercules, ca. 1450, Italian, Padua, Terracotta, Overall (confirmed): 20 1/4 × 23 5/16 × 4 7/8 in., 48.3 lb. (51.4 × 59.2 × 12.4 cm, 21.9 kg), Sculpture, In myth, the Greek princess Alcmena gave birth simultaneously to sons by different fathers: Hercules, sired by Jupiter, and Iphicles, begotten of Amphitryon. Jupiter's vengeful wife Juno sent serpents to devour the boys in their cradle
Credit:
Album / quintlox
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Image size:
4800 x 3946 px | 54.2 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 33.4 cm | 16.0 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
12.4 CM • 1450 • 20 1/4 • 21.9 KG • 23 5/16 • 4 7/8 • 48.3 LB • 51.4 • 59.2 • ADOLESCENCE • ALCMENA • AMPHITRYON • ANIMAL: SNAKE • BEGOTTEN • BIRTH • BOYS • BROTHER HERCULES • CHILDBIRTH • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • CONFIRMED • COVERALL • CRADLE • DEVOUR • DIFFERENT FATHERS • GAVE • GREEK PRINCESS • HERCULES • INFANT • IPHICLES SAVED • IPHICLES • ITALIAN • JUMPSUIT • JUNO • JUPITER • KID • KIDS • LABOUR • LITTLE GIRL • MATERNITY • MOTHERHOOD • MYTH • OFFSPRING • OVERALL • PADUA • REPTILE: SNAKE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SIMULTANEOUSLY • SIRED • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SONS • TERRACOTTA • VENGEFUL WIFE • YOUTH • ZEUS • ÇA
