PaintingsFlemish17th century
Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
c. 1639
Artists
Peter Paul RubensArtist
Dimensions
23 x 39.2 cm (9 1/16 x 15 7/16 in.) framed: 40.9 x 56.9 x 7 cm (16 1/8 x 22 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Prince Lichnowsky, Kuchelna and Berlin. Fritz Hess, Berlin-Dahlem (? - 1931); his sale, [Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, September 1, 1931, cat. no. 10]; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kuhn, Cambridge, MA (1931-1961) gift; to Charles L. Kuhn III, St. Louis, MO (1961-2000), bequest; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA.
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