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The Choice of Hercules (Carracci)

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The Choice of Hercules is a 1596 painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci depicting the mythological subject of Hercules choosing between virtue and vice. It is held in the Capodimonte Gallery in Naples. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1596 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Capodimonte Gallery, Naples 1
Commissioned By
Cardinal Odoardo Farnese 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. The Choice of Hercules (Carracci) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph, first paragraph, date clause
    Dating from 1596, it is housed in the
  • Infobox, medium field
    medium=Oil on canvas
  • Lead paragraph, first paragraph, place clause
    it is housed in the [[Capodimonte Gallery]] of [[Naples]].
  • Second paragraph, first sentence
    was commissioned this work by [[Cardinal Odoardo Farnese]] for the ceiling of his
  • Genre reference
    The Choice of Hercules is a 1596 painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci depicting the mythological subject of Hercules choosing between virtue and vice.
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