Hercules at the crossroads by Sebastiano Ricci

Painting of Italian painter Sebastian Ricci “Hercules at the crossroads”. The size of the painting is 181 x 257 cm, oil on canvas. The full name of the artist’s painting is “Hercules at a crossroads in front of the choice offered by Virtue and Vice.”

Raised on the great traditions of painting Veronese, in the early eighteenth century, Sebastiano Ricci became the forerunner of the so-called neo-neonevonovskogo style, which is characterized by bright colors, light and airy, like floating technique of writing, light, transparent color, the composition is similar to theatrical decoration, which creates the effect involvement of the viewer, idyllic interpretation of the plot, subtle spirituality of images and poetic atmosphere.