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The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of a muscular man wrestling a lion. The man is shirtless, with short hair. He wears a lionskin on his back. The lion is on all fours to the man's left. The man holds the lion's head with both hands. The man and lion are to the right of two stone columns. There is a city skyline in the background with a church having a round domed tower. A tree is to the right. The image shows dense detailed etched lines. A rectangle at the top has Latin text. The artist's signature "1548 HSB" appears on the left column.

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1263 × 859 px
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