(b. 1654, Pieve di Soligo, d. 1726, Pieve di Soligo)
Hercules in the Palace of Omphale
c. 1698
Oil on canvas, 320 x 300 cm
Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Forced by Juno to be sold as a slave, Hercules was purchased by Queen Omphale, with whom he indulged in frivolous role and love games. Here we see the unusually docile hero giving his club to the queen in exchange foe a spindle and cone.
