# Hercules and the Nemean Lion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA BRESCIA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-antonio-da-brescia-raf0ff0a1f031b4>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Engraving, 257 x 234 mm

## Commentary

The first of Heracles&#39;s twelve labours, set by King Eurystheus was to bring him the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea.

## Related artworks

- [Judith with the Head of Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-antonio-da-brescia-raf0ff0a1f031b4/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-r723ade4873d831>)

## Attribution

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