Hercules en Omphale, Anton Eisenhoit, after Bartholomeus Spranger, 1590

Title(s)

Hercules en Omphale

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2002-191

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 2

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Met onderschrift in het Latijn.

Artist

• print maker: Anton Eisenhoit (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Bartholomeus Spranger (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Balthasar Caymox (mentioned on object)

Dating

1590

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 322 mm × width 226 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
• landscapes

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2002

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• AC-00075956object | reproductionobject | reproductie13920RM0001.COLLECT.1500075955

• Dürr - Friedrich, F.W.H. Hollstein (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich) , 1888-1957, dl. 8, p. 17, cat.nr. 2
• Anton Eisenhoit, ein westfälischer Kupferstecher und Goldschmied, Anna Maria Kesting, cat.nr. 8
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 391