Hercules and the Nemean lion

Hercules and the Nemean lion
 1548

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Catalogue/s Raisonné
B106, Pauli 99ii(GB)
Accession Number
1278.1135-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
combat Heracles (Greco-Roman character) Hercules and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative) lion (species) Nemean Lion (Greco-Roman character) nudes (representations)
Movements
Renaissance

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