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Hercules and Omphale

Lost Art-ID

18395

Artist / Creator

Cranach, Lucas (der Ältere)

Birth

1472, Kronach

Death

1553.10.16

Place of activity

Wittenberg; Weimar; Wien?

Title

Hercules and Omphale

Dating

1532

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Panel (Poplar) / painted

Height

80.00 cm

Width

118.00 cm

Inventory number

576

Description

Panel painting: Depiction: Hercules loves Omphale; the hero spins wool or does other women's work amid the slaves, while Omphale wears his lion skin and wields his club and bow; Omphale; spinning; housewife; skin; lion skin; club; bow; ref.above: HERCVLEIS MANIBVS DANT LYDAE PENSA PVELLAE/IMPERIVM DOMINAE FERT DEVS ILLE SVAE/SIC ECIAM IGENTES ANIMOS INSANA VOLVPTAS/ET DOMITO MOLLIS PECTORE FRANGIT AMOR/1532/Winged serpent (pictogram); Signature: see 'Description'; Dimensions: 80 x 118 cm.

Holding

Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)

Provenance

(former) administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; Gemäldegalerie; inv. no. 576; type of accession: purchase; date of accession: before 1830; place of removal from storage: Berlin; Friedrichshain; Flak tower Friedrichshain; period of ownership: until 1945; type of accession: removal from storage; date of accession: 1941/1942

Storage site

Berlin, Flakbunker Friedrichshain

Published since

2001