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Hercules and the Lion
Workshop of: Peter Vischer
German (Nuremberg)
Renaissance
about 1500
Object Place: Europe, Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 16.51 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number57.602
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionOval base, lion semi-crouching, Hercules right hand on its curly mane, left arm bent upward.
ProvenanceBy 1954, in the collection of Andre Derain (b. 1880 - d. 1954), Paris; March 9-11, 1955, Derain sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 174, pl. VII. By 1957, with Dr. Otto Wertheimer (b. 1878 - d. 1972), Galerie Les Tourettes, Basel, Switzerland; 1957, sold by Wertheimer to the MFA for $2,500. (Accession date: December 1, 1957)