Hercules and Omphale

Hercules and Omphale

Title

Hercules and Omphale

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

The panel depicts an episode from the legend of Hercules, in which Hercules must serve as a slave at the court of Queen Omphale. Hercules is seated in the centre of the composition and holds spun thread in his hands. He is flanked by two women, probably Omphale's servants, who

The panel depicts an episode from the legend of Hercules, in which Hercules must serve as a slave at the court of Queen Omphale. Hercules is seated in the centre of the composition and holds spun thread in his hands. He is flanked by two women, probably Omphale's servants, who arrange a white cloth like a bonnet on his head.

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 48 x 73 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 48 x 73 cm

  • [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: 'HERCVLES MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSAE PVELA / IMPERIUM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE / SIC CAPIT INGENTES …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left: 'HERCVLES MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSAE PVELA / IMPERIUM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE / SIC CAPIT INGENTES ANIMOS DAMNOSA VOLVPTAS / FORTIAQVE ENERVAT PECTORA MOLLIS AMOR'
Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
Repository
Muzeum Zamek w Goluchowie
Location
Goluchów
CDA ID
PL_MNP_Mo109
FR (1978) Nr.
FR274D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNP_Mo109/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Count Seweryn Mielzynski in Miloslaw
  • 1871 bequeathed by Mielzynski to Towarzystwo Przyjaciól Nauk (Posen (Poznan) Society of Friends of Sciences) in Posen (Poznan)
  • 1924 deposited in the Muzeum Wielkopolskie (now the Muzeum Narodowe) in Posen (Poznan)
  • 1943 evacuated to the repository in Kalau (Kalawa) near Merseritz (Miedzyrzecz) and in 1944 to Saxony
  • 1945 confiscated by the USSR
  • 1946 transferred from Moscow to Posen (Poznan).
    [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Exhibitions

Poznan 1972
Poznan 1982
Poznan 2007
Bydgoszcz 2011
Poznan 2017

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Bydgoszcz 2011 No. 16
Authorn. a.
TitleRewolucje graficzne. Albrecht Dürer i szkola niemiecka XV i XVI w., Katalog wystawy, Muzeum Okregowe im. L. Wyczólkowskiego w Bydgoszczy
Place of PublicationBydgoszcz
Year of Publication2011
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Cat. Poznan 2008 No. 265
EditorD. Suchocka, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
TitleKatalog dziel malarstwa, rysunku lawowanego i rzezby ze zbiorów Poznanskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication2008
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Exhib. Cat. Poznan 2007 No. 26
EditorD. Suchocka
TitleArs una species mille. 150 dziel na 150-lecie Muzeum Narodowego w Poznaniu ze zbiorów Poznanskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication2007
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Jakimowicz, Marek 1984 27
AuthorTeresa Jakimowicz, Danuta Marek
TitleGoluchów
Place of PublicationWarszawa
Year of Publication1984
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Exhib. Cat. Poznan 1982 81 No. 15
EditorMagdalena Warkoczewska
TitleZbiory Poznanskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk w Muzeum Narodowym w Poznaniu, Katalog wystawy
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication1982
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 124 No. 274D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Poznan 1972 16
EditorAnna Dobrzycka
TitleMalarstwo obce z zasobów magazynowych Katalog wystawy, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication1972
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Drecka 1954 29
AuthorWanda Drecka
TitlePolskie Cranachiana
JournalBiuletyn Historii Sztuki
Issue16/1
Year of Publication1954
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bhs1954/0025/image
Pages15-39
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Cat. Poznan 1912 No. 197
Author[ Boleslaw Erzepki ]
TitleKatalog Galeryi Obrazów w Muzeum im. Mielzynskich Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk w Poznaniu
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication1912
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Cat. Poznan 1888 46 No. 172
Author[ Boleslaw Erzepki ]
TitleKatalog galeryi obrazów w Muzeum im. Mielzynskich Towarzystwa Przyjaciól Nauk Poznanskiego
Place of PublicationPoznan
Year of Publication1888
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Mielzynski 1871 No. 152
AuthorSeweryn Mielzynski
TitleCatalogue des Tableaux de la Colection de Miloslaw
Year of Publication1871
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Mielzynski 1870 No. 152
AuthorSeweryn Mielzynski
TitleSpis Obrazów Zbioru Miloslawskiego
Year of Publication1870
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Kalinka 1852 34
AuthorWalerian Kalinka
TitleZbiory starożytności polskich w Paryżu
JournalPrzegląd Poznański
Place of PublicationPoznań
Issue15
Year of Publication1852
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