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Hercules and Omphale
Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
English
about 1752
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 22.9 × 18 × 15 cm (9 × 7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.784
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWhite figure group of Hercules and Omphale. On irregular flat unglazed base with two large square holes for hollow group. Hercules seated on a rock with drapery held by shoulder strap. Omphale stands beside him with her right arm around his neck, supporting his club with her left hand. After an engraving by Laurent Cars after painting of 1724 by Francois Lemoyne in the Louvre.
Inscriptionsunmarked
ProvenanceJune 21, 1955, Sotheby's London, lot 132; Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)
NOTES:
[1] See letters from S. J. Katz reporting its acquisition to Kathryn Buhler (3 July and 9 October 1955). From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
NOTES:
[1] See letters from S. J. Katz reporting its acquisition to Kathryn Buhler (3 July and 9 October 1955). From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.