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Hercules, Omphale and Cupid

Group
ca. 1773-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of Hercules, Omphale and Cupid, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Omphale is standing naked but with a lion-skin thrown over her back and drawn about her waist between Hercules who is seated on a rock to her left and Cupid who stands on her right. In his right hand Hercules holds a spindle over his left shoulder and in his left hand a skein; Cupid is holding Hercules' Club. Irregular mounded base, moulded with foliation and flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHercules, Omphale and Cupid (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Group of Hercules, Omphale and Cupid, hard-paste porcelain; Germany, Furstenburg, ca.1773-5.
Physical description
Group of Hercules, Omphale and Cupid, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Omphale is standing naked but with a lion-skin thrown over her back and drawn about her waist between Hercules who is seated on a rock to her left and Cupid who stands on her right. In his right hand Hercules holds a spindle over his left shoulder and in his left hand a skein; Cupid is holding Hercules' Club. Irregular mounded base, moulded with foliation and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.0cm
  • Base width: 14.6cm
  • Depth: 8.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'F' in blue
  • 'No : 277 J' incised
Credit line
Given by Lt. Col. Kenneth Dingwall, DSO
Production
Modelled by Anton Carl Luplau (1745-95), after an ivory by the German sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732) formerly in the Ducal collection at Brunswick, stolen by the French in 1806.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.114-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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