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The Fight with the Nemean Lion: AD.5.32-50

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Fight with the Nemean Lion
The Labours of Hercules

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Aldegrever, Heinrich

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

1550s
Production date: circa AD 1550

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.32-50
Primary reference Number: 122007
Bartsch: 84
Hollstein German: p.50
Illustrated Bartsch: 84 (391)
Old location number: 37.8.23d
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025 Last processed: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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