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The sale of Hercules to Omphale, Queen of Lydia. Hercules, in Nemean lion-skin and holding club, touches Omphales knee at right. The winged genius represents Hercules victim Iphitus. A Lydian woman with short hair sits at Omphales feet, and a servant holds a fan symbolizing Venus. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.
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Caption:
The sale of Hercules to Omphale, Queen of Lydia. Hercules, in Nemean lion-skin and holding club, touches Omphales knee at right. The winged genius represents Hercules victim Iphitus. A Lydian woman with short hair sits at Omphales feet, and a servant holds a fan symbolizing Venus. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
6811 x 5041 px | 98.2 MB
Print size:
57.7 x 42.7 cm | 22.7 x 16.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
APHRODITE • CLASSICAL DESIGN • CLASSICS • CLUB • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • EMBLEM • FAN • GEORGIAN • HERACLES • HERCULES • IPHITUS • LYDIAN WOMAN • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • NEMEAN LION-SKIN • OMPHALE • OUTLINES FROM THE FIGURES AND COMPOSITIONS UPON THE GREEK • QUEEN OF LYDIA • REGENCY • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN AND ETRUSCAN VASES OF THE LATE SIR HAMILTON • SALE • SERVANT • SHORT HAIR • SIMBOLOS • SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON • SYMBOL • THOMAS KIRK • VASE • VENUS • VENUS; • WATER • WINGED GENIUS
