POZZO, Andrea
(b. 1642, Trento, d. 1709, Wien)

Hercules Choking Juno's Snakes (detail)

1704-08
Fresco
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

The picture shows a detail from the ceiling fresco with the Deeds of Hercules and his Apotheosis in the Hercules Hall, Liechtenstein Garden Palace at Rossau. The detail represents the amazement at Hercules's first heroic deed choking Juno's snakes.




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