Hercules en Omphale, Michel Dorigny, after Simon Vouet, 1643

Title(s)

Hercules en Omphale

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-875

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 90

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Artist

• print maker: Michel Dorigny (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Simon Vouet (mentioned on object)
• Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk) (mentioned on object)

Place

France

Dating

1643

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 245 mm × width 163 mm

What

• Hercules in love with Omphale; the hero is set to spin wool or to do other women's work among the servants, while Omphale wears his lion's skin and wields his club and bow
• (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 3, p. 485, cat.nr. 90