ID: 700001161 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001161	Record Type: Movable Work

Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen (mezzotint (print); Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after Peter Paul Ru...; published 18th century; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-014; 580014; accession number: 2005.PR.50**)

Note: Austrian mezzotinter from Vienna, who studied with Johann Jacobé; The print after Peter Paul Rubens shows the first of the twelve labors imposed upon Hercules, the killing of the Nemean lion; Hercules is shown choking the beast that had terrorized the citizens of Nemea. The mezzotint is a pendant to Nikolaus Rhein's print after William Pether, titled Androclus mit dem Löwen; "73"--pencilled in upper center of mount.In Wienn : Bey T. Mollo & Comp. am Hoff, [17--?] (34501/publishers)

Titles:

Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen (preferred,C,U,RP,German-P,U,U)

Hercules killing the Nemean lion (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints, engravings (prints))

reproductive prints [300041569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works))

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 18th century

Creator Display:

Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after Peter Paul Rubens; published: Bey T. Mollo & Comp. am Hoff [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Rhein, Nikolaus (Austrian mezzotinter, 1767-1819) [500354334]

artist Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) Extent: work depicted [500002921]

publisher Mollo, Tranquillo (Swiss printer and editor, 1767-1837, active in Vienna) [500354333]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2580-014; 580014; accession number: 2005.PR.50**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: Wien [7003321] Vienna state (state), Austria (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Dimensions: plate mark 53.2 x 69 cm, on sheet 57.5 x 73.7 cm, on mount 74.5 x 102.3 cm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

literary

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Heracles and the Nemean lion [901000279]
	.....((Story of Heracles, Greek narratives, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Nemean Lion [901000041]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Hercules [901000042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein; rumbl ; Purchase

Inscriptions: Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen Hercules dechirant le lion / P.P. Rubens pinxit ; N. Rhein sculpsit. Inscription in the lower margin: Dedié a Monseigneur le Prince Paul Michaelowitz de WOLKONSKY, Chambellan actuel de S. M. L'Empereur de tous les Russies.

Related Works:

	pendant of .... [Androclus mit dem Löwen] [700001162]
	..........mezzotint (print); Rhein, Nikolaus (printmaker, 1767-1819), after William Pethe...; published 18th century; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2580-018; 580018; accession number: 2005.PR.51**

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Hercules tödtet den nemaeischen Löwen	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 580014
Hercules killing the Nemean lion	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

....................... Nagler, G. K. Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon vol. 10, no. 13

....................... Heller, J., Andresen, A. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler vol. 2, no. 3

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)