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Preferred term

Hercules Liberating Alcestis from Hades  

Entry terms

  • HERCULES FREEING ALCESTIS FROM THE UNDERWORLD

Note

  • Specific artist: Pagani, Paolo, 1655-1716
  • Specific location: Kroměříž (CZE), archbishop's palace
  • Specific medium: painting

Scope note

  • Hercules went to the underworld, wrestled with Death (Thanatos), and brought Alcestis back to earth; her husband king Admetus may be shown waiting for her.

Notation

  • 285427
  • 285428

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/HTR-ZZWPJC74-Z

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