# Hercules Strangles the Serpents

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BENVENUTI, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The decoration of the Hercules Room is subdivided into four large framed paintings on the walls - with Hercules at the crossroads, Hercules strangles the serpents, Hercules leading Alcesti to Admeto and the Battle of Hercules and the Centaurs - and ten monochrome frescoes below the vault featuring the Marriage of Hercules and Hebe fresco.

## Related artworks

- [Elisa Bonaparte and Her Daughter \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb/elisa-bonaparte-and-her-daughter-detail-rf9188cd6a956d8>)
- [Elisa Bonaparte and Her Daughter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb/elisa-bonaparte-and-her-daughter-r8bcc0a572b405d>)
- [Hercules leading Alcesti to Admeto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb/hercules-leading-alcesti-to-admeto-r1a47da8aad9c6b>)
- [The Oath of the Saxons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb/the-oath-of-the-saxons-rc1e782348217f8>)
- [View of the Hercules Room](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benvenuti-pietro-r644b8def4cb9eb/view-of-the-hercules-room-r2e105cccd7fc69>)

## Attribution

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