Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
Artwork: Hercules at the Crossroads
Description: The painting depicts the story of Hercules at the crossroads, where he is faced with the choice between two paths: one leading to virtue and the other to vice. The personification of Virtue, on the left, points to the path of virtue, while the personification of Vice, on the right, points to the path of vice. Hercules is shown as a young man, standing at the crossroads, trying to decide which path to take.
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