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Niccolò Vicentino|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)|Andrea Andreani

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

1540–50
Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in green (state ii)
25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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