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Hercules and the Nemean Lion [reverse]

c. 1520

Follower of Moderno

Associated Names

Anonymous Artist

Artist

Moderno

Related Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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Artwork overview

Medium

bronze
Credit Line

Gift of Ellin Mitchell Works of Art in honor of Douglas Lewis and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.115.1.b

Standing Leda and the Swan [obverse]

Anonymous Artist

1520

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1989, no. 362); (William Agnew, London); (Ellin Mitchell, New York); gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mitchell, Ellin, Ms.

Wikidata ID

Q63860656

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