Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Hercules at the Court of Omphale
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Hercules at the Court of Omphale
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Hans Cranach (German painter, ca. 1513-1537)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 108 (1929.15)
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Location Note:
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Paseo del Prado, 8
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GPS:
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+40.416111-3.695
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Date:
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1537 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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German
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Style Period:
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Renaissance; Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on wood panel
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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57.5 cm (height) x 85.3 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; mythology (Classical); Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character); Northern Renaissance; spindle; spinning; partridges
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Description:
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Eldest son of Lucas Cranach the Elder. Hans Cranach depicts an episode from the life of Hercules, who according to Greek legend murdered his friend Iphitus and who was then punished by Hermes, who sold him to the court of Queen Omphale where he had to remain as a slave for three years. Lucas Cranach painted several versions, but this one has been attributed to his son Hans due to the date and to the presence of the initials “HC” and the monogram of a serpent. The partridges hanging in the background are a symbol of lust. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothyssen.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CRANACH-TBM-HCO-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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