NEMEAN LION • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Nemean lion

... Egyptians made caricatures and playful, mocking pictures not unlike some of our own day. This boy and goose are of the same spirit, and is intended as a parody on the representations of Hercules struggling with the Nemean lion, which had been represented many times by Greek artists. The boy seems to be working as hard as any giant could do. The execution of this work is fine. It was probably made for a fountain, the water coming through ...

— A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • Clara Erskine Clement