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Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active about 1510–1550)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
about 1510–1550
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in yellow-brown and black
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.119.17 (a later state, undescribed by Bartsch, in which the tone block has been cut away in the lower left corner, behind the inscriptions)
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964