Hercules and the Nemean Lion
18th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (oval): 4.3 x 4.8 cm (1 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.) gross weight: 22 gr
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Accession
1957.14.550
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 416.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 273.
Inscriptions
across bottom in exergue in Greek: Apollonides
Wikidata ID
Q63814901