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Description: | This is a copy in reverse of Lemoyne's Hercules and Omphale of 1724 in the Louvre. François Lemoyne was a leading decorative artist and was influenced by Rubens and the Bolognese painters. The subject of Hercules and Omphale has been used by other artists and depicts various types of intimacy between Omphale, the Queen of the ancient country of Lydia, and her slave Hercules, whom she bought from the god Hermes. Hercules served her for three years and became her lover and father of some of her children. He is often portrayed seated being caressed by Omphale carrying attributes usually associated with women, as in this painting, where he is holding a spindle and wearing colourful robes, in contrast to Omphale who is seen wearing his lion skin. The idea of the woman dominating the man was prominent in Renaissance and Baroque painting. | Subjects: | mythology (Hercules Omphale) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lemoyne, François (French painter, 1688-1737) Æ After Previously attributed to manner of Hamilton, Gavin (Scottish painter, archaeologist, and antiquary, 1723-1798) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8796... | Go to resource |
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