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Hercules kills the lion Nemean

Marco Marchetti1555/1556

Palazzo Vecchio Museum

Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy

This is one of the labours of Hercules, during which the hero manages to kill a fierce lion ravaging the area of Nemea and provided with an invulnerable skin, suffocating it. Since then, its skin and head turned into the hero's mantle and helmet. Photo: Fotografia d' Arte di Paolo Tosi

Details

  • Title: Hercules kills the lion Nemean
  • Creator Lifespan: ca. 1527 - 1588
  • Creator Nationality: Italian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Faenza
  • Creator Birth Place: Faenza
  • Date Created: 1555/1556
  • painter: Marco Marchetti from Faenza
  • Theme: mythological subject
  • Physical Dimensions: w123 x h85 cm (Complete)
  • Period: Mannerism
  • Original title: Ercole uccide il leone Nemeo
  • Type: oil painting on wood
  • Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze

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