Hercules and Omphale

Hercules and Omphale

Title

Hercules and Omphale

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[DHM - Kunstsammlung Hermann Göring, accessed 26.12.2019; file no longer online, 18.12.2020]

Hercules is seated at the centre of this painting, surrounded by Omphale's servants. The hero looks to his right, while two of the servants arrange a white cloth on his head to create a makeshift bonnet. He is holding a spun thread in his hands, and a third servants holds

Hercules is seated at the centre of this painting, surrounded by Omphale's servants. The hero looks to his right, while two of the servants arrange a white cloth on his head to create a makeshift bonnet. He is holding a spun thread in his hands, and a third servants holds the distaff. An older servant at the left edge seems to be giving instructions. Omphale stands slightly apart at the right edge, observing the event.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020]

Production date
about 1530 - 1540

Production date

about 1530 - 1540

[cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 76 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55 x 76 cm

  • [DHM - Kunstsammlung Hermann Göring, accessed 26.12.2019; file no longer online, 18.12.2020]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • upper left edge Recto: - upper right corner:
    paper label, handwritten in ink: '550'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • upper left edge

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto: - upper right corner:

  • paper label, handwritten in ink: '550'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P365
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P365/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Andrejewski, Berlin
  • Dr. Luebbert (private collection), Berlin
  • 1941 Hermann Göring
  • after 1945 restitution Germany, Munich no. 5861
    [DHM - Kunstsammlung Hermann Göring, accessed 26.12.2019; file no longer online, 18.12.2020]
  • Hercules and Omphale, about 1530 - 1540

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