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Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

1547

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Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

1547

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 53 × 78 mm. (2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.5650

Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper left, in plate "LEONIS SVFFOCATI EXVVIIS / INDVITVR HERCVLES"; in image, lower left, in plate "1548 / [monogram HSB]" Verso: lower right in graphite diamond with "628"

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Sebald Beham

1499–1549

German, 1500-1550
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
CIMON AND PERO
Sebald Beham and Barthel Beham
Cimon and Pero
1543
HERCULES STRANGLING THE NEMEAN LION
Niccolò Vicentino and Raphael [Raffaello Santi]
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
1509–1549
SAINT JEROME AND THE ANGEL
Sebald Beham
Saint Jerome and the Angel
1520
HERCULES STRANGLING THE NEMEAN LION
Adamo Scultori and Giulio Romano
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
1549–1584
SAINT JEROME AT THE ARCH
Sebald Beham
Saint Jerome at the Arch
1519
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
YOUNG COUPLE EMBRACING
Sebald Beham
Young Couple Embracing
1521
HERCULES AND THE NEMEAN LION
Sebald Beham
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
1547
NUDE WINGED FEMALE SITTING ON THE FIGURE OF DEATH
Sebald Beham
Nude Winged Female Sitting on the Figure of Death
1545
HERCULES AND THE NEMEIAN LION
Hieronymus Hopfer, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, and others
Hercules and the Nemeian Lion
1527–1562
THE HOLY FAMILY UNDER A TREE
Sebald Beham
The Holy Family under a Tree
1515–1525
HERCULES CONQUERING THE MOLIONIDE TWINS
Albrecht Dürer
Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins
1490–1500