Figure Group
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Figure group in white soft-paste porcelain of Hercules and Omphale, and Hercules is seated on a rock with drapery hanging loosely about him, while Omphale stands beside him girt with the lion's skin, and her right arm thrown round his neck and her left supporting his club.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group in white soft-paste porcelain of Hercules and Omphale, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1750-1760. |
| Physical description | Figure group in white soft-paste porcelain of Hercules and Omphale, and Hercules is seated on a rock with drapery hanging loosely about him, while Omphale stands beside him girt with the lion's skin, and her right arm thrown round his neck and her left supporting his club. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Copied with slight modifications from an engraving by Laurent Cars after a picture painted in 1724 by François Lemoyne, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris. Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from a sale at Christie's for £3 3 shillings in January 1870 Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 120 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:139-1885 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2008 |
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