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Hercules and the Erymanthian boar

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Bronze with red-brown lacquer patina
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection 1982
Title: Hercules and the Erymanthian boar
Description:
Bronze with red-brown lacquer patina.

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