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CIRCA 1730
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A CASTELLI MYTHOLOGICAL RECTANGULAR PLAQUE WITH HERCULES AND OMPHALE
CIRCA 1730
Painted with Hercules and Omphale seated on a rock before a pillared palace, Omphale scantily clad in his lion pelt and resting her right hand on his club, their legs entwined and her arm around him, Hercules playing the tambourine and wearing a blue robe, Cupid behind them, within a dark-brown line and ochre band border (chip to bottom left corner, slight chipping to other corners on reverse, very slight crack to surface from edge at 3 o'clock, minor minute scratches to surface)
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high x 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1730
Painted with Hercules and Omphale seated on a rock before a pillared palace, Omphale scantily clad in his lion pelt and resting her right hand on his club, their legs entwined and her arm around him, Hercules playing the tambourine and wearing a blue robe, Cupid behind them, within a dark-brown line and ochre band border (chip to bottom left corner, slight chipping to other corners on reverse, very slight crack to surface from edge at 3 o'clock, minor minute scratches to surface)
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high x 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) wide
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