Hercules and the Centaur Fighting
by VRIES, Adriaen de, Pen, brown ink, light brown wash, 142 x 167 mm
Six of the small drawing oeuvre of Adriaen de Vries feature Hercules, who in general was revered as the personification of physical strength and courage. During the Renaissance he became the hero conquering evil.
This drawing might have recorded one of the views of a free-standing sculptural group.