Hercules with Omphale

Hercules with Omphale

Title

Hercules with Omphale

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Painting on canvas (transferred)

Medium

Painting on canvas (transferred)

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Hercules is seated at the centre of the rectangular picture and is surrounded by Omphale and her servants. While the hero looks to the right, one of the women has already started placing a white cloth over his head like a bonnet, another woman guides his right hand to her

Hercules is seated at the centre of the rectangular picture and is surrounded by Omphale and her servants. While the hero looks to the right, one of the women has already started placing a white cloth over his head like a bonnet, another woman guides his right hand to her decollete. Hercules holds the distaff in his left hand. Above his head two dead partridges hang like a still-life on the wall.

[Daniel Görres, cda 2018]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 82.5 x 122.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 82.5 x 122.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top centre: winged serpent and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top centre: winged serpent and dated '1532'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Inscriptions and Labels

Top centre: 'Hercvleis manibvs dant Lydae pensa pvellae || Imperivm dominae fert devs ille svae || Sic eciam ingentes …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top centre:

  • 'Hercvleis manibvs dant Lydae pensa pvellae || Imperivm dominae fert devs ille svae || Sic eciam ingentes animos insana voluptas || Et domito mollis pectore frangit amor.'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P203
FR (1978) Nr.
FR272
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P203/

Provenance

  • 1931 Berlin, Matthiesen Gallery
  • formerly Stockholm, Collection Osborn Kling
  • auction Sotheby's, 24 March 1965, lot 43
  • 1966, Munich, Xaver Schweidwimmer
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 272]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Rowland 2017 114
AuthorRichard Rowland
TitleKilling Hercules. Deianira and the Politics of Domestic Violence
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication2017
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Howard 2009 8 Fig. 6
AuthorJeremy Howard
TitleCranach [Colnaghi]
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2009
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Baumbach 2006 391
AuthorGabriele Baumbach
Title"SIC ECIAM INGENTES ANIMOS INSANA VOLVPTAS"- Die Herkules-und-Omphale-Darstellungen der Cranach-Werkstatt und ein Gemälde Lucas Cranachs d.J. für Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg.
Publicationin Andreas Tacke, ed., "... wir wollen der Liebe Raum geben". Konkubinate geistlicher und weltlicher Fürsten um 1500 [Vorträge der III. Moritzburg-Tagung, (Halle/Saale), 2006]
SeriesSchriftenreihe der Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Volume3
Place of PublicationGöttingen
Year of Publication2006
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Zika 2003 362 Fig. 56
AuthorCharles Zika
TitleExorcising our demons. Magic, witchcraft, and visual culture in early modern Europe
Place of PublicationLeiden
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 361 188e (mentioned)
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 272
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. Basel 1974/1976 245, 246 144, 145 (mentioned)
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Schade 1974 463 pl. 177
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Die Weltkunst 1964 Titelblatt#cover
Authorn. a.
TitleCover Illustration
JournalDie Weltkunst
IssueXXXVI
Year of Publication1964
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 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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