Hercules and the Nemean lion

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Title: Hercules and the Nemean lion [Drawing]
Inscriptions: Inscribed in lower left corner, in pen and brown ink: 'A. Pollajuolo 1473'; numbered on attached piece of paper in upper left corner (early restauration): '178'; on the old mount, in pen and brown ink: 'Antonio Pollajuolo / Born 1426 Died 1498'; in graphite: '3/2'; verso: '98'; in modern handwriting, in graphite: 'marque Antaldi G.G.V. veut dire Girolamo Genga Urbin / evidemment une copie'.

Collation: 1 drawing : pen and brown ink, traces of black chalk (laid down) ; 228 x 303 mm

Provenance: Abbott, Francis 1801-1893 art collector; Collection Viti-Antaldi (16th-19th century), Urbino and Pesaro; F. Abott (Edinburgh), his sale Brussels (Fiévez) 22-23 November 1922, lot 98

Note: This drawing is a copy after a drawing by Raphael in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, inv. WA1846.181.

Copy (note): Written mark in brown ink (Lugt 1157c) and blindstamp of F. Abott (Lugt 970)

Form/genre

ISBD: See ISBD format; Hercules and the Nemean lion [Drawing]. - [s.a.]. - 1 drawing : pen and brown ink, traces of black chalk (laid down) ; 228 x 303 mm. - This drawing is a copy after a drawing by Raphael in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, inv. WA1846.181. - Written mark in brown ink (Lugt 1157c) and blindstamp of F. Abott (Lugt 970).