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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 in black from the line block only, laid down to secondary support
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.6 × 16 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)(trimmed into the image; lacking c. 15 mm at the top, c. 17 mm on each side, and c. 4 mm at the bottom)
Mount: 29.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Mount: 29.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2915
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.119.17, i/ii
Marks
Recto of backing sheet, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Peter Vischer, Basel (1751-1823)(Lugt 2115); recto of backing sheet, lower left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower left, the same mark; verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenancePeter Vischer, Basel (1751-1823)(Lugt 2115); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897