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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      ADAMO SCULTORI (ACTIVE 1550-70)

      Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

      c.1550-70

      Engraving | 21.0 x 14.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851844

      An engraving after a design which Bartsch attributed to Giulio Romano. See RCIN 851845.

      • Creator(s)

        Adamo Scultori (active 1550-70) (engraver)

        After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (designer)

      • 21.0 x 14.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Language, Linguistics and Literature
          • Literature
            • Fiction
              • Tales & legends
                • Myths
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Hercules
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.136 D.LVIII.3

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