Herkules im Nessusgewand
Ulrich Loth (1599-1662)

Herkules im Nessusgewand,

vor 1637
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
176 x 232 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Department
Deutsche Malerei
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
1631
Acquisition
Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Ulrich Loth, Herkules im Nessusgewand, vor 1637, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Y0GRlA8xRX (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
Returning after a period of several years in Italy where he became familiar with Caravaggesque painting in Rome, the Munich court painter Ulrich Loth was commissioned by Maximilian I to create a third painting in landscape format for the Old Palace in Schleißheim to complement a pair of works by Alessandro Turchi, completed earlier around 1620. Loth added a further scene from the life of the hero to the counterpieces—‘The Fury of Hercules’ and ‘Hercules and Omphale’—that recounts Hercules’s worldy end from wearing a poisoned tunic.

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