# Hercules at the Crossroad

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIROLAMO DI BENVENUTO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Panel, diameter 57 cm

## Commentary

The picture shows the front of a birth tray. \(A tray was given on the occasion of weddings or birth.\) On the back of the tray appear the coats-of-arms of the families united in wedlock.

## Related artworks

- [Cleopatra and the Asp \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/cleopatra-and-the-asp-detail-rc807f3400d6ed0>)
- [Cleopatra and the Asp \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/cleopatra-and-the-asp-detail-rcac2924769c6ef>)
- [Cleopatra and the Asp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/cleopatra-and-the-asp-r7e43d0ff2f2166>)
- [Gregory XI Returns to Rome from Avignon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/gregory-xi-returns-to-rome-from-avignon-rcbb01536f649b7>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist and Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/madonna-and-child-with-sts-john-the-baptist-and-catherine-raf72bba3b15719>)
- [Portrait of a Young Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girolamo-di-benvenuto-r66260e58c5b0b7/portrait-of-a-young-woman-r3dfbc86cac5170>)

## Attribution

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