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In this bold late Baroque design, whose curvilinear forms are enunciated with admirable clarity, the sexual roles of Hercules and Omphale (whom we encountered in stately profile format in 38.150.14) are reversed: Omphale excitedly assumes the hero’s lion-skin mantle, her leg nudging his, while he sinks into sedentary torpor.
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Title: Hercules and Omphale
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Culture: probably Italian
Medium: Sardonyx, mounted in gold as a pendant
Dimensions: Overall: 3 x 1 7/8in. (7.6 x 4.8cm); visible cameo: 54 x 43 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.999
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