Hercules with Omphale

Hercules with Omphale

Title

Hercules with Omphale

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 124, No. 273]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 124, no. 273]

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, wearing a fur-skin and holding spun thread in his hands. He is flanked by two women, probably

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, wearing a fur-skin and holding spun thread in his hands. He is flanked by two women, probably Omphale's servants, one holds a distaff and looks out at the viewer, while the other places a white cloth on Hercules' head like a bonnet. Four partridges hang on the wall in the background.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 124, No. 273]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 79 x 116 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 79 x 116 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 124, no. 273]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia upper edge under inscription: Serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia upper edge under inscription: Serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1532'

Inscriptions and Labels

Latin inscription upper edge: 'HERCVLEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PVELLAE / IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE / SIC …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Latin inscription upper edge:

  • 'HERCVLEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PVELLAE / IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE / SIC ECIAM IGENTES ANIMOS INSANA VOLVPTAS / ET DOMITO MOLLIS PECTORE FRANGIT AMOR'

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
painting not preserved
CDA ID
DE_USG-Lost_39
FR (1978) Nr.
FR273
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_USG-Lost_39/

Provenance

  • before 1830, acquired by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin [1]
  • 1884 to Universitätssammlung Göttingen[1]
  • exhibited in Berlin in 1937 Cranach exhibition as property of Berlin, Deutsches Museum, inv. no. 576[2]
  • lost in the Second World War
  • 1941/42 tranferred to the flak tower in Friedrichshain, Berlin
  • in May 1945 the tower was destroyed during a fire
    [1][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 124, No. 273]
    [2][Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 89]
    See also: [Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverlust (Lost Art-ID 018395), accessed 17.12.2019]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 89

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 1998 A 184
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHerstellung, Grundierung und Rahmung der Holzbildträger in den Werkstätten Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages181-200
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 124 No. 273 Fig. 273
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schade 1974 Fig. 176
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Bernhard, Rogner 1965 24
AuthorMarianne Bernhard, Klaus P. Rogner
TitleVerlorene Werke der Malerei. In Deutschland in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1945 zerstörte und verschollene Gemälde
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1965
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Cat. Berlin 1952 22
Authorn. a.
TitleVerzeichnis der im Flakturm Friedrichshain verlorengegangenen Bilder der Gemäldegalerie
JournalBerliner Museen
Place of PublicationBerlin
Issue2
Year of Publication1952
Pages16-28
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 35 089 Pl. 71
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 224 Fig. 223
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Simon 1915
AuthorKarl Simon
TitleZu Cranachs Darstellungen des Herkules unter den Lykischen Mädchen
JournalKunstchronik
IssueN.F. 26.1915
Year of Publication1915
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kunstchronik1915/0090
Pages162-164
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Schuchardt 1851 C 18 22
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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