Hercules and the Nemean Lion: Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Labors of Hercules
Artist: Antonio Tempesta
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1608
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (13.2 x 18 cm)
plate: 3 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10 x 14.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Lions|Hercules