Hercules with Omphale

Title

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

The seated Hercules is encircled by three of Omphale's servants, who hand him a distaff for spinning and put a bonnet on his head. An elegantly dressed woman stands on the right side of the painting and gazes overtly at the viewer. Two partridges hang in the top left corner.

[Görres, CDA 2012]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Production date: 1537

Production date

1537

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 120.5 x 83.4 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 120.5 x 83.4 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia top centre: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1537'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top centre: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1537'
[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Inscriptions and Labels

top centre: 'HERCVLES MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PUELLAE
IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE.
SIC CAPIT INGENTIS ANIMOS DAMNOSA …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top centre:
'HERCVLES MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PUELLAE
IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE.
SIC CAPIT INGENTIS ANIMOS DAMNOSA VOLVPTAS
FORTIAQVE ENERVAT PECTORA MOLLIS AMOR'
[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Owner: Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse
Repository: Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse
Location: Toulouse

CDA ID: F_FBT_P70
FR (1978) Nr.: FR274E
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/F_FBT_P70/

Provenance

Acquisition 7/6/2000, Auction Sotheby's London

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2011, 214-215, No. 118]

Exhibitions

Brussels 2010

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Bücken 2010

Author	Veronique Bücken
Title	Heroinen und Femmes Fatales im Werk von Lucas Cranach
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	54-65

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Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010

214-215

118

pp. 214, 240-241

Editor	Bozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
Title	Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010

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Auct. Cat. London 2000

Editor	Sotheby's Auction House, London
Title	Old Master Paintings, Sotheby's London, 6.07.2000
Place of Publication	London
Year of Publication	2000

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Cat. Toulouse 2000

124-127

Title	Fondation Bemberg. Peintures anciennes. De Cranach à Tiepolo
Place of Publication	[Toulouse]
Year of Publication	2000

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

274E

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Hercules with Omphale, 1537

Images

Technical studies

10. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk; possibly combined with a fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing (not clearly visible)

- delicate, fine to slightly broader lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe essential details and the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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