Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'

Antonio Tempesta1608

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Title: Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Creator: Antonio Tempesta
Date Created: 1608
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (13.2 x 18 cm) plate: 3 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10 x 14.2 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397672
Medium: Etching
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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