Hercules and the Nemean Lion

This woodcut was created from two wooden blocks, one holding tan ink and the other black. Niccolò Boldrini, the creator of the piece, is regarded as the greatest of the Venetian chiaroscuro artists, and the way the two blocks are in exact registration - avoiding "shadows" - is testament to his craft. The Twelve Labors of Hercules were often used as a metaphix for virtue overcoming vice during the Renaissance, and this exemplar of the form was later an influence on Peter Paul Rubens and Eugène Delacroix.

Appearances

 * Tom Clancy's The Division 2