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Hercules Slaying the Nemean Lion

(French, 1600–1636/38)
(Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
about 1625-1635
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22.8 x 31.5 cm (9 x 12 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.7 x 28.3 cm (8 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB1164.1
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right-center, the number "2"
ProvenanceErnest-Théophile Devaulx, Paris (1831-1901)(Lugt 670), 1854; William Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900