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European Art
Artist: Unknown
Hercules and the Lion
ca. 1575
Bronze
17.1 × 5.1 cm (6 3/4 × 2 in.)
Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund
1963.42
Culture:
German
Period:
16th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
John D. Graham, Paris, France; Edward R. Lubin, Inc., New York, New York (–1963); Yale University Art Gallery (1963– )
Bibliography:
Anneliese Harding, German Sculpture in New England Museums (Boston: Goethe Institute, 1972), 55; 87, no. 86.
Katherine Neilson and Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972), no. 120, ill.
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