Hercules and the Lion

Peter Vischer

about 1500

Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsOverall: 24.1 x 16.51 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund

Accession number57.602

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1954, in the collection of Andre Derain (b. 1880 - d. 1954), Paris; March 9-11, 1955, Derain sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 174, pl. VII. By 1957, with Dr. Otto Wertheimer (b. 1878 - d. 1972), Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel, Switzerland; 1957, sold by Wertheimer to the MFA for $2,500. (Accession date: December 1, 1957)