
Prague School
Hercules and Omphale
Prague School
Hercules and Omphale
Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm
Preis: 30.000 €
In this painting Hercules holds the spinning distaff and Omphale is depicted wearing the skin of the Nemean lion. In Renaissance and particularly Baroque painting this often-depicted reversal was interpreted as an illustration of the theme of woman’s domination of man.