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Medallion of Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Factory:
Wedgwood, Josiah
Modeller:
Flaxman, John
Jasper, white with dark blue wash on both sides and white relief. Almond-shaped with lapidary polished edge. Hercules facing to left, strangling the Nemean lion.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.D. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Length: 3.4 cm
Width: 1.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
George III
18th Century, Late
Circa
1780
CE
-
1795
CE
The medallion of Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion was derived from a model supplied by Flaxman in 1775, and appears in the 1777 Wedgwood & Bentley Catalogue . . . as no. 103, a large 8 x 6 in oval medallion.
Relief
Accession number: C.115-1961
Primary reference Number: 11460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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