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| Keywords: Francesco Xanto Avelli - Dish with Hercules and Omphale - Walters 481344.jpg This dish shows Hercules who loved Omphale queen of Lydia She made him shed his military trappings for more feminine accessories like the distaff for spinning that he holds here The Latin inscription translates as Love conquers all An inscription on the back wrongly identifies Omphale as Hercules's wife Deianira Inscriptions were often applied by an assistant unfamiliar with the scene ca 1528 1530 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 5 9 27 1 accession number 48 1344 37910 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Gubbio Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Xanto Avelli Paintings of Heracles and Omphale Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
