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The Choice of Hercules before Parnassus: The Steep Path of Virtue over the Easy Path of Pleasure [reverse]
![The Choice of Hercules before Parnassus: The Steep Path of Virtue over the Easy Path of Pleasure [reverse] — Leone Leoni](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.nga.gov%2Fiiif%2F7f3d0a69-dd9c-4034-9510-6b3a1ca8ff96%2Ffull%2F843%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Recorded by National Gallery of Art as Leone Leoni.
The record
- AttributionLeone Leoni — other records naming Leone Leoni
- Date1548/1549
- ClassificationSculpture
- Mediumbronze
- Held byNational Gallery of Art
Provenance of this record
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Leone Leoni · The Choice of Hercules before Parnassus: The Steep Path of Virtue over the Easy Path of Pleasure [reverse] · 1548/1549 · National Gallery of Art. Public domain / CC0.
Source read 2026-09-20 · Published 2026-09-20
![Maarten de Hane, 1475-1556, Flemish Merchant [obverse] — Leone Leoni](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.nga.gov%2Fiiif%2F69fae1eb-e383-4a4c-b1fe-28c25b0b7cb5%2Ffull%2F843%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Hope with Hands Raised in Prayer [reverse] — Leone Leoni](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.nga.gov%2Fiiif%2Fb648abcf-9c4e-47f8-9a1e-32121d726ab9%2Ffull%2F843%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![The Future Philip II of Spain as Prince of Austria [obverse] — Leone Leoni](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.nga.gov%2Fiiif%2Fc333f132-5ad3-4e1d-b319-3fbb7202fe6b%2Ffull%2F843%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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