Annibale Carracci’s ‘Hercules at the Crossroads’: A Vividly Painted Parable

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Sep 6, 2025
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The Italian artist’s depiction of the young hero torn between virtue and pleasure, rendered in pioneering post-Renaissance style, calls on us to consider the dilemma for ourselves.

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