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Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the shoulders and chest of the lion, which is viewed from the back, beside a rocky outcrop

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Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the shoulders and chest of the lion, which is viewed from the back, beside a rocky outcrop

Adamo (Ghisi) Scultori | Giulio Romano

ca. 1530–87

Medium

Engraving

Tags

Dimensions

plate: 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (21.1 x 14 cm) sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 11/16 in. (21.6 x 14.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adamo (Ghisi) Scultori

1530 –1587 • Italian

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