Hercules spint wol / Feest van Bacchus / Jupiter, Juno en Tiresias, Monogrammist MP, 1680 - 1800

Title(s)

Hercules spint wol / Feest van Bacchus / Jupiter, Juno en Tiresias
Mythologische en allegorische voorstellingen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

25-27/?

Object number

RP-P-1988-629

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Drie voorstellingen op een blad. Boven: Hercules spint wol vergezelt door Amor. Midden: Bacchusfeest. Onder: Juno en Jupiter verschijnen aan de oude Tiresias.

Artist

• printmaker: Monogrammist MP

Dating

1680 - 1800

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 218 mm × width 99 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
• bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos)
• Tiresias is blinded by Juno, when settling a dispute between her and Jupiter
• transgender, transsexual

Acquisition

gift 1988

Copyright

Public domain