Hercules and Omphale

Hercules and Omphale

Title

Hercules and Omphale

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Hercules sits on a stone block and looks at the viewer. He is surrounded by Omphale and her maidservants. A white cloth is placed on his head like a bonnet and he spins twine with both hands. On the left side of the painting Omphale observes the events with amusement.

Hercules sits on a stone block and looks at the viewer. He is surrounded by Omphale and her maidservants. A white cloth is placed on his head like a bonnet and he spins twine with both hands. On the left side of the painting Omphale observes the events with amusement.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 27]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 48.7 x 74.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 48.7 x 74.8 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: 'HERCVLEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PVELLAE
    IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE.
    SIC CAPIT INGENTES ANIMOS DAMNOSA …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • 'HERCVLEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PVELLAE

  • IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE.

  • SIC CAPIT INGENTES ANIMOS DAMNOSA VOLVPTAS

  • FORTIAQVE ENERVAT PECTORA MOLLIS AMOR.'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Label on the verso: No 9/1923

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 53]

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb2536
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2536/

Provenance

  • Provenance not established, a label 'No 9/1923' similar to a painting, which in 1942 was evacuated from Schlesisches Museum der bildenden Künste, Breslau to Kamenz
  • since 1946 in National Museum Warsaw
  • 1947-1995 on long term loan to the Art Museum in Lódz

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 54]

Exhibitions

Wrocław 2017, no. 27

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 154-155 027 Fig. p. 155
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Cat. Warsaw 2000 52-54
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
Show Literature
  • Hercules and Omphale, after 1537

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