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Hercules and Omphale
Lost Art-ID
18395
Artist
Cranach, Lucas (der Ältere)
Birth
1472, Kronach
Death
1553.10.16
Place of activity
Wittenberg; Weimar; Wien?
Title
Hercules and Omphale
Datierung
1532
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel (Poplar)
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
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Gemäldegalerie
Matthäikirchplatz
10785 Berlin
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4001
Fax
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4003
Homepage
Contact
Dr. Neville Rowley
Position
Kurator für italienische Kunst vor 1500
Phone
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4006
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