Detail depiction of rising clouds and the wing of the fallen eagle Aethon.

Detail of the goddess Artemis holding the dead Aethon, slain by Heracles arrow

Detail of the figure of the goddess Artemis

Close-up detail of the head and upper torso of Artemis

Aethon, the eagle sent to eat the liver of Prometheus, slain by Heracles, lies in the mourning embrace of the goddess Artemis

Close-up of Aethon's wing

Close-up of Aethon with Heracles arrow, held by the goddess Artemis

The head of Aethon, the golden eagle of the Caucasus

Detail of the rocky peak of Mount Strobilos, in the Caucasus (today's MT. Elbrus)

Base of mountain peak, above the cloak of the Nemean Lion

Heracles cloak, fashioned from the hide of the Nemean Lion, lies temporarily discarded to one side as Heracles works to free Prometheus.

Close-up of the Nemean Lion face, worn as a hood by the hero Heracles

Detail of the two central figures, the titan Prometheus and the demigod Heracles

A close-up of the two central figures

The bowing, semiconscious Prometheus struggles to stand for the first time in countless centuries

Detail of Prometheus' head and windblown hair

Heracles grips and snaps the chains that bind the titan Prometheus

Close-up of Herschel's grip on the binding chains

Heracles struggles to free the titan on the windy peak of Mount Strobilos, in the Caucasus (today's MT. Elbrus)

Close-up of Heracles' wind-blown hair

The upper right corner of the panel displaying the distant cloud-filled vista

Close-up of distant clouds

Close-up of the chains installed by the god Hephaestus to hold the titan Prometheus

A large crystal of lapis lazuli with the attached chains of Hephaestus

Detail of the feet of Prometheus and Heracles on the damp stone made slick by the cloud vapors at the mountain's peak

Close-up of Prometheus feet

Detail of Heracles' sandaled feet upon the stone surface

Herschel bow, fashioned from a golden tree at the end of the earth with a string bound from whiskers plucked from the Nemean Lion

Close-up of the arrows in Heracles quiver

Finished painting shown in scale