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Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Attributed to: Niccolo Boldrini (Italian, about 1500–after 1566)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.6 x 41.2 cm (11 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.)(trimmed into, or slightly inside of, the borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.120.18
Marks
Verso, lower right-center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Jean Mariette, Paris (1660-1742)(Lugt 1786a), 1728; verso, bottom center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceJean Mariette, Paris (1660-1742)(Lugt 1786a), 1728; Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975