Mythology & Putti
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
published 1841Lithograph | 41.1 x 41.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851692
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.181). Published in Lawrence Gallery. A series of facsimiles of original drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, plate 5, where the subject of the drawing was identified as 'Sampson breaking the jaws of the lion'.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
S. & A. Woodburn : London (publisher)
41.1 x 41.6 cm (sheet of paper)
25.1 x 26.7 cm (image)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Hercules
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Felines
- Lions
- Felines
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.179, no.190r
Other number(s)
Ruland p.128 C.VIII.2
