Giovanni Baglione Hercules at the Crossroads, Oil on canvas, 132 x 137 cm, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana
Date 1640 to 1642
cjr Hercules at the Crossroads (1566 - 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious involvement with the artist Caravaggio and his writings concerning the other Roman artists of his time.
A pupil of Francesco Morelli, he worked mainly in Rome, initially with a late-Mannerist style. He was also nicknamed Il Sordo del Barozzo.
