Hercules and Omphale

Title

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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

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Attribution: Copy after Hans Cranach

Attribution

Copy after Hans Cranach

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Production dates: about 1960 - 1990
about 1600 - 1699

Production dates

about 1960 - 1990	second half of the 20th century [cda 2019]
1537	[dated, not genuiune]
about 1600 - 1699	"17th century" [Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019] # 'seventeenth-century' [Sotheby's online catalogue, accessed 13.08.2019]

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

Dimensions

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

- upper right: 'HERCULEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PUELLAE/IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE/SIC CAPIT INGENTIS ANIMOS DAMNOSA VOLVPTAS/ FORTIAQVE ENERVAT PECTORA MOLLIS AMOR/1537'
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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

sold at Sotheby’s London, 29.10.2009, lot 1
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Hercules and Omphale, about 1960 - 1990

Images

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."

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Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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