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Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-green and black
DimensionsSheet: 29.9 x 22.2 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly into the borderline, which has been reinforced in pen and black ink)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1100
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, bottom right, in pen and brown ink, "VGO DA CARPI"ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
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