Hercules and Omphale

Hercules and Omphale

Title

Hercules and Omphale

[Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019]

A copy after Hans Cranach's original in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, inv. no. 1930.17; see [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 275]

[Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019]

Attribution
Copy after Hans Cranach

Attribution

Copy after Hans Cranach

[Sotheby's online database: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/old-master-early-british-paintings-l09635/lot.1.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)

Production dates
about 1600 - 1699
about 1900 - 1990

Production dates

about 1600 - 1699

'seventeenth-century' [Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019]

1537

[dated, not genuiune]

about 1900 - 1990

20th century [cda 2019]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 78.5 x 114 cm; 30 7/8 x 44 7/8 in.

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top centre, beneath the inscription: serpent with elevated wings inserted between the date '15 37' (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top centre, beneath the inscription: serpent with elevated wings inserted between the date '15 37' (not genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels
  • upper right: 'HERCULEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PUELLAE/IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE/SIC CAPIT INGENTIS ANIMOS DAMNOSA VOLVPTAS/ FORTIAQVE …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P283
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P283/

Provenance

  • Hercules and Omphale, about 1600 - 1699

Images

Compare images
  • overall

Condition Reports

"The panel support is cradled to the reverse. The paint surface is dirty and under a discoloured varnish with some craquelure. Cracks in the paint surface can be made out with the naked eye upper right and to the centre; a knot in the wood had come to the surface centre left. Small infilled paint losses are present for example to the right of Hercules' beard. UV light reveals some further scattered minor retouchings. Overall the painting is dirty and would benefit from a surface clean and a new varnish."

[Sotheby's online database: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/old-master-early-british-paintings-l09635/lot.1.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'Hercules and Omphale', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P283/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'Hercules and Omphale', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P283/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.