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.
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.