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c. 1540s

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Niccolò Vicentino

Italian, active 1540s

This print is derived from an ancient Roman relief sculpture representing Hercules and the Nemean lion as well as from an ancient coin illustrating the same subject, both of which were known to artists working in Rome in the sixteenth century.

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Niccolò Vicentino, Hercules and the Nemean Lion, c. 1540s | Philadelphia Art Museum