File:Hercules-crossroads-wierix.jpg

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Engraved by John Wierix
After Chrispijn van den Broeck    wikidata:Q452530
 
After Chrispijn van den Broeck
Alternative names
Chrispin van den Broeck, Chrispyn van den Broeck,
Crispijn van den Broeck, Crispin van den Broeck,
Crispyn van den Broeck, Chrispijn van den Broecke,
Paludanus
Description Flemish printmaker, painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1523 / 1524 Edit this at Wikidata 1591 / 1590 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mechelen Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between 1539 and 1591
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1591-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q452530
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English: Engraving of Hercules at the Crossroads, with elaborate depiction of the two paths, one leading to glory and the other to perdition. Overhead is an allegorical struggle between Virtue and Fortune.
Date second half of 16th century
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium engraving
Source/Photographer Virtuelles Kupferstichkabinett, http://www.virtuelles-kupferstichkabinett.de/?selTab=3&currentWerk=20975
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