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Hercules Overcoming Nereus On His Way to the Garden of the Hesperides

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Bronze
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust and The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gifts 2024
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Title: Hercules Overcoming Nereus On His Way to the Garden of the Hesperides
Description:
Bronze.

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