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| Keywords: Léonard Limosin - Medallion with Hercules Strangling Serpents - Walters 44212.jpg Even as a baby Hercules demonstrated his superhuman strength when he strangled two serpents sent by the goddess Juno to kill him Prints based on compositions by Italian painters were used by French artists as sources for mythological imagery and as stylistic models reflecting the ancient Greco-Roman sculpture with which Italian artists were more familiar Here Limosin used an engraving after a drawing by Giulio Romano The gray monochrome or grisaille favored by Limosin imitates the appearance of ancient sculpture 1570 technique painted enamel copper cm 30 1 27 3 ; Diam without frame cm 26 1 accession number 44 212 27645 Charles Mannheim date and mode of acquisition unknown J Pierpont Morgan New York date and mode of acquisition unknown no 893 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1919 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
