Drawing, sketch-book, Amico Aspertini, between 1532 and 1535

Aspertini sketch-book (so-called london i): 21st opening left (1898,1123. 3(21) verso) and right-hand page (1898,1123. 3(22) recto) with deeds of hercules: battling with hydra, a many-headed snake; hercules embracing a woman (omphale ?); hercules lifting antaeus off the ground; hercules carrying two columns on his shoulders; nude male figure running forward; hercules with his club in one hand fighting antaeus (?) (left side of opening); hercules and the cretan bull; hercules and the nemean lion; two seated figures of hercules; and hercules strangling the nemean lion (right side of opening) c. 1535 black chalk, brown wash, on vellum. Date: between 1532 and 1535. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 184 mm (each page). Medium: wool. Depicted People: Herakles/Hercules. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1898,1123.3.21)