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The Fight with the Nemean Lion, from The Labors of Hercules
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Engraving, The Labors of Hercules
Rights: Public Domain
The Labors of Hercules, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family 1941
Title: The Fight with the Nemean Lion, from The Labors of Hercules
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Engraving, The Labors of Hercules.
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