The Choice of Hercules
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The Choice of Hercules is a late 16th-century allegorical painting by Annibale Carracci depicting the hero Hercules choosing between the paths of virtue and vice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "The Choice of Heracles" | 1 |
| The Choice of Hercules canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artisticContext | transition from Mannerism to Baroque ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Carracci reform of painting ⓘ |
| basedOn |
classical mythology
ⓘ
myth of Hercules at the crossroads ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Annibale Carracci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| depictionStyle |
classical idealization
ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
Hercules
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
allegory of the choice between Virtue and Vice ⓘ |
| depictsSetting | outdoor landscape ⓘ |
| depictsSymbol |
attributes of Hercules
ⓘ
attributes of Vice ⓘ attributes of Virtue ⓘ |
| describedBySource | art historical literature on Annibale Carracci ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical art ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hercules
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
personification of Vice ⓘ personification of Virtue ⓘ winged figure (often interpreted as Cupid or a genius) ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later allegorical depictions of moral choice ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition | Hercules at the crossroads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
circa 1590
ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance humanism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical sculpture ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral exemplum ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Hercules choosing between Virtue and Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
Bolognese School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
moral choice
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moral philosophy ⓘ temptation ⓘ vice ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Scelta di Ercole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Annibale Carracci’s mythological works ⓘ |
| period |
early Baroque
ⓘ
late Renaissance ⓘ |
| subjectCategory |
moral allegory
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mythological painting ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"The Choice of Heracles"