Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Medium
gypsograph
Dimensions
image: 59.6 × 25.7 cm · sheet: 59.8 × 26.2 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of John Bonebrake
Accession Number
2009.526
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Lefort des Ylouses used a combination of techniques to achieve the rich surface and variety of textures seen in Hercules and the Nemean Lion. Some lines, including outlines of forms, were bitten very deeply on the plate so that when printed, the paper was embossed for a three-dimensional, sculptural effect. The pattern on the rock beneath Hercules’s feet was obtained by putting a roughly textured paper on top of the etching ground and running the plate through the press, while the fine parallel ...