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/
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Year Created LocationCapodimonte Gallery, Naples 1 Commissioned ByCardinal Odoardo Farnese 1 Medium
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Dating from 1596, it is housed in the
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Oil on canvas
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it is housed in the Capodimonte Gallery of Naples.
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was commissioned this work by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese for the ceiling of his
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The Choice of Hercules is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from 1596, it is housed in the Capodimonte Gallery of Naples.
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The Choice of Hercules is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from 1596, it is housed in the Capodimonte Gallery of Naples. The subject is the Choice of Hercules. Carracci, who was in Rome from the
Created By: Annibale Carracci, Infobox: artist
Annibale Carracci
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