Hercules: as an infant he sucks at the breast of Juno. Engraving by J.L. Delignon, 1786, after A. Borel after Giulio Romano.

  • Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
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1786
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11321i
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Hercules: as an infant he sucks at the breast of Juno. Engraving by J.L. Delignon, 1786, after A. Borel after Giulio Romano. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode described by Diodorus Siculus: Juno cries out in pain as the infant Hercules bites her breast

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1786

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La nouriture d'Hercule ...

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Stefania Massari, Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, Roma: Palombi, 1993, no. 321, pp. 325-326

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Wellcome Collection 11321i

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