# Hercules and Deianira

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Woodcut, 258 x 171 mm

## Commentary

This woodcut was produced after the painting by Jan Gossart. The scene was probably intended to represent one of the final episodes in the story of Hercules, in which Deianira unwittingly poisons her husband with the tunic of Nessus.

## Related artworks

- [A Young Witch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/a-young-witch-ref481dee7f30d0>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adam-and-eve-r68a8bf252ed72e>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adam-and-eve-ra2e5d495a44270>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adam-and-eve-reeb721e28be128>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r9fb82125f11169>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-ra78db0b1b4ddab>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rc076dd58dd543a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-r02acb13ac18e75>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-r385c3854171021>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-r51e96748641bee>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-r5feb8ca8970336>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1/adoration-of-the-magi-r7e88cc266a8f64>)

## Attribution

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