# Hercules at the Crossroads

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BATONI, Pompeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 94 x 73 cm

## Commentary

Batoni was one of the most celebrated painters of his time, and his works were sought after by the greatest princes of Europe. This painting was purchased by Grand Duke Ferdinando III of Tuscany in 1818.

## Related artworks

- [A Knight in Rome: Charles Cecil Roberts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/a-knight-in-rome-charles-cecil-roberts-r3b6e189d9713fe>)
- [Achilles and the Centaur Chiron](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/achilles-and-the-centaur-chiron-r472ad9b1f457b9>)
- [Allegory of Mercy and Truth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/allegory-of-mercy-and-truth-r1b6e2a2d662097>)
- [Don José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/don-jos-moino-y-redondo-count-of-floridablanca-r72df3806efcae9>)
- [Hercules at the Crossroads \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/hercules-at-the-crossroads-detail-ra9c5549210bd38>)
- [Hercules at the Crossroads](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/hercules-at-the-crossroads-rdba9c0999e95b8>)
- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/holy-family-r13b933be24512c>)
- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/holy-family-rb51498eacbfd5e>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/madonna-and-child-r2f735cf7ac6f3a>)
- [Portrait of Charles Crowle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/portrait-of-charles-crowle-ra997f7b4ab4f0b>)
- [Portrait of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/portrait-of-charles-william-ferdinand-duke-of-brunswick-and-lneburg-r4c84c7bec769fa>)
- [Portrait of John Staples](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/batoni-pompeo-rbe2403842b395f/portrait-of-john-staples-rd316175251f9d9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)