Auction on
04 July 2018 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
A naked woman wearing a lion skin holds a club in one hand and a distaff in the other, while a Cupid calls the viewer as witness. The presence alongside this pearly-complexioned beauty of a man with a flowery wreath and robe draped on his hips, tying on a sandal, gives us the subject: Hercules and Omphale. The composition...
François Perrier (1594-1649), "Hercule et Omphale", oil on canvas, 98 x 135 cm. Estimate: €150,000/180,000
François Perrier (1594-1649), "Hercule et Omphale", oil on canvas, 98 x 135 cm. Estimate: €150,000/180,000
A naked woman wearing a lion skin holds a club in one hand and a distaff in the other, while a Cupid calls the viewer as witness. The presence alongside this pearly-complexioned beauty of a man with a flowery wreath and robe draped on his hips, tying on a sandal,…
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