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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Group
ca. 1749 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of Hercules and the Memean Lion standing on a low rectangular plinth. Hercules wears a loin cloth and belt, and he stands astride the lion and forces open the lion's jaws with both his hands.


Object details

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Object type
TitleHercules and the Nemean Lion
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of Hercules and the Memean Lion standing on a low rectangular plinth, modelled by J.J. Niedermayer, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1749.
Physical description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain of Hercules and the Memean Lion standing on a low rectangular plinth. Hercules wears a loin cloth and belt, and he stands astride the lion and forces open the lion's jaws with both his hands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield (Impressed in outlined, filled in with underglaze blue.)
  • A circle (Impressed)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.15-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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