🐉 Myths & Legends
The Choice of Hercules
Annibale Carracci · 1596
Why it's great
A young Hercules sits between two women, one offering him the easy path of pleasure and the other offering the hard path of duty. Annibale Carracci painted it in about 1596.
Where to see it
📍 Museo di CapodimonteNaples, Italy
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⬇ Hi-res download
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This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
A
Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter born in Bologna in 1560. He and his brother and cousin founded an art school that brought back the clear, natural style of the Renaissance, and he painted the ceiling of the Farnese Gallery in Rome. He died in 1609.
