Hercules and Nemean Lion - *Labors of Hercules Series*, Antonio Tempesta, 1608

Print. Date: 1608. Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (13.2 x 18 cm); ; plate: 3 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10 x 14.2 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hercules and the Nemean Lion- Hercules grasps the front right leg of the lion, which lifts its snout upward, in the middle ground Hercules pulls the skin from the lion's corpse, from the series 'The Labors of Hercules' MET DP832530