Hercules at the Crossroads
Albrecht Dürer · c. 1498 · Engraving in black on off-white laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Hercules at the Crossroads is a public-domain illustration by Albrecht Dürer, dated c. 1498. Engraving in black on off-white laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Hercules at the Crossroads” (c. 1498) is the kind of engraving or woodcut Dürer sent across Europe, modeling form with line rather than with a wash of color.
About the artist
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter and printmaker in Nuremberg. His engravings and woodcuts circulated across Europe and taught other artists his way of modeling with line.
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