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Hieronymus Hopfer, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, and others

Hercules and the Nemeian Lion

1527-1562

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Hercules and the Nemeian Lion

Hieronymus Hopfer, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, and others

Hercules and the Nemeian Lion

Hercules and the Nemeian Lion

1527-1562

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 140 x 90 mm. (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.) Plate: 137 x 85 mm. (5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.7356
Reverse copy after Giovanni Andrea da Brescia (B. 11).

Inscribed: Recto: in image, center left, in plate "I H" with hop vine insigina above; in image, lower right, in plate Funck-number "166". Verso: upper left in graphite "4."; center in graphite "14-17"; lower center in graphite "B 26 vol 8 / Page 512"; lower center in graphite "26"; lower left in graphite "173"; lower left in graphite diamond with "6392"; lower center right in graphite "B26 [indecipherable]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Hieronymus Hopfer

1527–1562

German, active 1528-1563
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Artist

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

2000–2000

Italian, c. 1460-c. 1520
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Publisher

David Funck

1681–1708

German, active 1682-1709
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Saint Jerome in Penitence
1527–1562
HERCULES STRANGLING THE NEMEAN LION
Sebald Beham
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
1547
SAINT JEROME IN HIS STUDY
Hieronymus Hopfer and David Funck
Saint Jerome in His Study
1683
HERCULES STRANGLING THE NEMEAN LION
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Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
1509–1549
TWO ARMIES PREPARING FOR BATTLE
Hieronymus Hopfer, Agostino Veneziano [Agostino dei Musi], and others
Two Armies Preparing for Battle
1527–1562
HERCULES STRANGLING THE NEMEAN LION
Adamo Scultori and Giulio Romano
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
1549–1584
THE POWER OF LOVE
Hieronymus Hopfer, Monogrammist PP, and others
The Power of Love
1527–1562
The Labors of Hercules (No. 2. Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion)
Charles David and Frans Floris
The Labors of Hercules (No. 2. Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion)
1619–1635
TWO SATYRS: ONE DRINKING WINE, THE OTHER PLAYING THE BAGPIPE
Hieronymus Hopfer, Jacopo de' Barbari, and others
Two Satyrs: One Drinking Wine, the Other Playing the Bagpipe
1527–1562
HERCULES CONQUERING THE MOLIONIDE TWINS
Albrecht Dürer
Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins
1490–1500
SILENUS
Hieronymus Hopfer and Andrea Mantegna
Silenus Sitting on a Wine Cask, Surrounded by Putti
1527–1562
HERCULES AND THE NEMEAN LION
Sebald Beham
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
1547