Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
(Italian, active about 1510–1550)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
(Italian, 1483–1520)
about 1510–1550
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed in black from the line block only, laid down to secondary support
DimensionsSheet: 22.6 × 16 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)(trimmed into the image; lacking c. 15 mm at the top, c. 17 mm on each side, and c. 4 mm at the bottom)
Mount: 29.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Mount: 29.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP2915
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ProvenancePeter Vischer, Basel (1751-1823)(Lugt 2115); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
1566
1566
designed about 1588–89
after 1620
about 1620
about 1620