Hercules and Omphale: Omphale uses a knife to cut off the male garments of Hercules in order to replace them with female clothing. Engraving by L. Davent, 154-, after Primaticcio.
- Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504-1570.
- Date:
- 1540-1549
- Reference:
- 2814448i
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About this work
Description
Hercules holds his club. Omphale wears his Nemean lion skin as a hood
Publication/Creation
1540-1549
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 28.4 x 43.6 cm
Lettering
A Fontena bleau
References note
Adam Bartsch, le peintre-graveur, Vienna 1818, vol. XVI, p. 327, no. 55 ("Hercule., amoureux d'Omphale, se laissant habiller en femme pour lui plaire ...")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2814448i
Reproduction note
After a fresco by Primaticcio inside the Porte Dorée at Fontainebleau (the engraving is in the reverse direction to the painting)
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