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Hercules Skinning the Nemean Lion
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Hercules Skinning the Nemean Lion

ca. 1675–1700

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

Overall: [curve of tail to Hercules extended toe], wt. confirmed: 18 × 17 × 8 7/8 in., 26.7 lb. (45.7 × 43.2 × 22.5 cm, 12.1 kg) Base: 11 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (29.2 × 19.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, probably Paris

Rights

Public Domain

About François Lespingola

1644–1705France

Lespingola was French sculptor during the reign of Louis XIV. He worked at Versailles, Marly, Les Invalides, and Meudon.

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