Hercules And The Nemean Lion

He is represented in his famous attitude leaning on his knobby club which is draped with the pelt of the Nemean lion, and he holds the apples of the Hesperides garden.

The triumphant figure depicted in this magnificent pair of large bronze andirons is the Roman hero and god, Hercules, from classical Greco-Roman mythology. Polished with a natural pa...

A cobalt blue, five-color, fired enamel (not painted) vase illustrating six Labors of Hercules including the slaying of the Nemean Lion and the Lernaean Hydra, and the capture the G...

Hercules is seated holding a spinning stick, while Omphale stands a little to the right, wearing the pelt of the Nemean lion and leaning on Hercules' club.

Rich bronze ornamentation carved and gilded backgrounds: Pull handles, entrances to the masks of Bacchus, the sides adorned Trophies full of Hercules wearing the skin of the Nemea...

A number of double portrait cameos exist and many of them, like the present example, seems to represent Hercules, wearing the skin of the Nemean lion on his head and accompanied by O...

Bronze Group of Hercules and the Nemean Lion, Italian, 17th century.

This impressive white marble bust depicts the mythical figure of Hercules, shown holding the head of the Nemean Lion.

In white and black, Hercules depicted strangling the lion, his club on the ground, in a later ring mount, ring size H, length 32mm, width 25mm Size: 12 Weight: 24,58gr.

NEOCLASSICAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING HERCULES AND THE NEMEAN LION Period: late 18th – early 19th century Ring size: 7 Top size: 19 mm x 25 mm / diam. 22 mm Weight: 19.36 gr.

Depiction of Hercules fighting the Nemean lion in silver, mounted on a black marble plinth.

First found in ancient Egypt, the obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra. Background of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion: Hercules shot the lion with an arrow, not knowing that its gold...

This artwork represents Hercules with the head of a lion referring to the Nemean lion, from the Greek mythology.

Resting on his cudgel, wrapped in the skin of the Nemean lion, Hercules looks facedown, holding in his right hand the apples of the Hesperides.

A muscular yet weary Hercules leaning on his club which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it, and holding the golden apples stolen from Hesperides and hidden behind his bac...

An extremely fine white porcelain model of Hercules with draped Nemean lion and holding the apples of Hesperides.

Hercules fighting a serpent atop the Nemean lion skin, mounted on a pedestal with frieze scenes of Hercules's labors, early to mid nineteenth century.

Early 19th century carved Alabaster statue of The Young Hercules --Fragmentary as shown --Handsome Youth with Nemean Lion Skin --Beautifully carved.

A finely executed full length bronze of the Farnese Hercules shown resting upon the skin of the Nemean Lion draped over his club, behind him he clutches the Apples of Hesperides in h...

Omphale even wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried Heracles' olive-wood club.

The sculpture rests atop a finely detailed plinth, edged with a sculpted frieze depicting scenes from the Twelve Labours of Hercules—from slaying the Nemean Lion to capturing Cerberus.

C. In fact, Hercules is represented with the skin of the Nemean lion wrapped in a cloak, with the legs of the beast tied to his shoulders.

It depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules leaning on his club, which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it.

The curved single-edged blade richly etched and gilt against a blued ground with flowers, foliage, entwined dolphins, naval and martial trophies, figures of Britannia and Victory, cr...

Very rich ornamentation of gilded bronzes, with multiple ingot molds, very important high and low falls with character motifs, maques of Medusa on the doors, sides decorated with ros...

The vase features egg and dart rim, bifurcated vinestock handles and body cast with masks of Bacchus and Hercules between two satyrs, with the pelt of the Nemean lion below, on a cir...

.”, the stirrup hilt in ormolu, the quillons formed as fasces, the knuckle-guard a Hercules club entwined by a snake, the longets cast with acanthus foliage and applied naval trophie...

The vase features egg and dart rim, bifurcated vinestock handles and the body is cast with masks of Bacchus and Hercules between two satyrs, with the pelt of the Nemean lion below, a...

Set on a Fine base of black marble with a superb applied ormolu mount of Hercules fighting the Nemean lion. The dial & movement set in ormolu drum case rests on a carved marble setti...

Omphale, Queen of Lydia, buys Hercules to make him her slave, then her husband. In Ovid's account, she forces him to wear women's clothing while she provides herself with the skin of...

The body is superbly cast with magnificently executed masks of Bacchus and Hercules between two satyrs, and the pelt of the Nemean lion below with its distinctive pendant arms and pa...

Heracles, Greek Herakles, Roman Hercules,is one of the most famous Greco-Roman legendary heroes.

A French, circa 1810, Empire figural mantel clock, a patinated bronze Farnese Hercules figure stands atop a Napoleon marble base with gilt lion's paw feet, he stands leaning, caught ...

The head is identified as the „Herakles Farnese“ type on the basis of its similarity to a copy in Naples which shows an aged naked Herakles holding the apples of the Hesperides in hi...

Top composed of 3 glass panels with gilt Greek key frise and carved mythological scenes - six of the twelve labors of Hercules: - Hercules fighting the Hydra; - Hercules battling t...

Adorned with a laurel leaf garland around their necks, and a chest medallion depicting Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion they display a smooth, deep black finish.

They are adorned with a laurel leaf garland around their necks and a chest medallion depicting Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion. Their surfaces are polished to a subtle sheen, givi...

Reverse description: The naked figure of Herakles (Hercules) kneeling right, strangling a Nemean lion with left hand, and holding club in his right hand.

A Grand Tour bronze sculpture depicting Hercules (Herakles) fighting the Nemean Lion. Gilt and patinated bronze.

Etruria, Staffordshire, 1910-1930, depicting Hercules hugging a struggling lion by its neck, fine undercutting detail, especially at toes, impressed "WEDGWOOD/MADE IN ENGLAND" at bac...

It depicts a weary Hercules leaning on his club, with the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it.

It depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules leaning on his club, which has the skin of the Nemean lion draped over it.

This finely executed red chalk drawing presents a classical academic study of Hercules seated on the skin of the Nemean Lion. Created around 1820–1825, it reflects the rigorous acade...

The first of Hercules famous 12 labors that he performed as penance, was to slay the Nemean lion, purportedly by strangling it with his bare hands.

Hercules acquired the lion skin headdress from one of his 10 labors: wrestling and killing the Nemean lion by hand.

Hercules acquired the lion skin headdress from one of his 10 labors: wrestling and killing the Nemean lion by hand.

In mythology, Hercules acquired the lion skin headdress from one of his 10 labors: wrestling and killing the Nemean lion by hand.

The other side of the coin depicts Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion, which was the first of Hercules 12 labors.

Both topics come together in the iconography of the scagliola top by the depiction of Hercules' labors: slaying of the Nemean Lion, stealing of the Mares of Diomedes and the stealing...

The attributes (a club and the Nemean lion’s skin, of which the man touches the tail) and the physical size let him being identified in the demi-god Hercules from Thebes, depicted in...

The obelisks are modelled standing on square plinths with medallion in relief of Hercules and the Nemean Lion and a Greek classical maiden holding a cornucopia emblematic of bounty.

I believe this a statue of young Hercules after completing his first labor, the slaying of the Nemean lion, since he has a lion pelt draped over his shoulders.

Tall and beautiful early 20th century French reproduction in plaster, of the famous statue from the Farnese collection. The original antique piece is shown in Naples's museum in Ital...

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