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Hercules Slaying the Nemean Lion
about 1625-1635
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.8 x 31.5 cm (9 x 12 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.7 x 28.3 cm (8 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.7 x 28.3 cm (8 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1164.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 49; Le Blanc 9
Marks
Verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Ernest-Théophile Devaulx, Paris (1831-1901)(Lugt 670), 1854; verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right-center, the number "2"
ProvenanceErnest-Théophile Devaulx, Paris (1831-1901)(Lugt 670), 1854; William Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900