Hercules and Omphale

Lucas Cranach the Elder

and workshop
(Kronach 1472 - 1553 Weimar)

Wittenberg, circa 1535 - 1538
Signature: serpent with lowered wings in yellow colour, on the upper right edge, above the shoulder of Omphale
Oil on wood
Height: 83 cm, width: 120.8 cm, depth: 0.7 cm

Expert report by Prof. Dr. Gunnar Heydenreich, 19.09.2018
Cranach Digital Archive: http://lucascranach.org/PRIVATE_NONE-P321
Provenance: Collection Stemmler Cologne;
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Auction 468, Cologne, 17.05.1962, Lot 42;
Private collection, Bamberg, since 2007.