15929841860001312637261000Standard Recordobject-48026170206260073416909666880001702062268675fitz-onlineadlib-object-48026https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48026d07fce05-6458-3833-8e29-f59d7baec49711personreferenceagent-124417adlib-agent-12441756a6e409-8c6c-34d7-b35f-79dac9df0aeeHerculespersonreferenceagent-159194adlib-agent-1591948bfec71a-2667-310c-b9ed-e3f1f11b2170Omphalereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-107486adlib-term-107486234fe16e-17e4-3db8-881a-443636aac5caclassical mythologyApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain figure group of Hercules and Omphale.Soft-paste porcelain figure group of Hercules and Omphale. The figures are placed on a low, uneven square base, angled with one corner towards the viewer. Hercules is seated on a rock, his right leg forward with the foot on the front corner of the base, and his left leg back with the foot on the proper right corner of the base. His right arm rests across his thighs.Omphale stands on his left. Her right foot is crossed in front of her left, and she leans on his club, and bends towards him, her right arm round his neck and shoulders.F9referenceexhibition-1070adlib-exhibition-10702cb713dc-899f-35df-9c15-515a05f38d48Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures31referenceexhibition-2460adlib-exhibition-24603dbbc629-08fa-327d-bde0-8ad66a210ea9Following Hercules: The Story of Classical Artreferenceexhibition-3815adlib-exhibition-38158e5244e3-f18e-3d6b-9c58-5238f666b36eRefugee Silver: Huguenots in BritainEC.22-19411accession numberEC.22-194148026priref48026urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48026https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48026referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the National Art Collections Fund as trustee of the R. S. Cochrane Fund.referenceagent-149857adlib-agent-149857470046d4-9799-31c0-81c7-49c04a9f9bb1National Art Collections Fund194119411941-06-12given17491749CE1749circa17491759The earliest date at which this model could have been produced depends on whether it was derived from the print by Laurent Cars or from an imported Vincennes model.11759CE17591759probablyfactoryreferenceagent-188685adlib-agent-188685a6412264-4900-32cd-9f1b-17154af5acf3St James's Workshopprobablymakerreferenceagent-159192adlib-agent-15919267481f21-67fa-32c1-9737-ee1f91521803Gouyn, CharlesHercules and Omphale belong to a group of about thirty soft-paste porcelain figures described as 'Girl-in-a-Swing' after the subject of one of the models. Girl-in-the-Swing figures were formerly attributed to Chelsea. Documentary evidence found in France (see Documentation, Dragesco, 1993), suggests strongly that they were made by Charles Gouyn, whose address was at the Turk's Head, Bennet Street, St James's, London, from 1735 to 1783. It is not known conclusively that this was where the figure's were made, nor who the modeller or modellers were.The figures of Hercules and Omphale were taken from an engraving by Laurent Cars (1699-1771) of 1728, after the painting of 1724 by François Lemoyene, now in the Louvre. A model with this title was listed in the Vincennes porcelain factory's inventory of October 1752, and two different versions of it have been recorded, one closely related to the painting which could have been the inspiration for the English group. The other is a different composition in which Omphale sits beside Hercules with Cupid beside her.referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonprobably leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm23.8Widthcm15.5referencemedia-17938adlib-media-17938cfed2337-91d5-3164-9e52-f20fbb764594jpegaa/aa20/EC_22_1941.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51616162788143351imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_EC_22_1941.jpg1heightpixels736widthpixels50016162788143351imagejpegaa/aa20/EC_22_1941.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51616162788143351imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_EC_22_1941.jpg1heightpixels368widthpixels25016162788143351image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteDr Bellamy Gardner; sold Sotheby's, 12 June 1941, Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Chelsea Porcelain, English Ceramics and Enamels, the property of Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner, p. 6, lot 10; given by the National Art Collections Fund as trustee of the R.S. Cochrane Fund.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Mentioned on p. 139, and illustrated pl. 128A139referencepublication-200001030adlib-publication-200001030a2552ac1-fbbc-345d-b955-8bcf97faa4c6Girl in the Swing Porcelain and ChelseaPubl. Mentioned p. 156, pl. 249156referencepublication-2763adlib-publication-2763b00b4b20-9281-3cc4-a9f5-21a2be192a4cEuropean Porcelain of the 18th CenturyRef. F9, illustrated pl. 26. See also the engraved source, F10, an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.215-1889).40referencepublication-992adlib-publication-992e26b9de8-5607-3d6e-82c1-bba7d8cb57c4Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain FiguresPubl. pl. 3346referencepublication-2684adlib-publication-26847f3148d9-48bf-33d9-b790-c7758a6e8305Chelsea PorcelainPubl. p. 220, pl. 31, attributed to the St James's factory209-24referencepublication-200002924adlib-publication-20000292498c0af0d-40d6-3726-bc19-9d7a87883484Influence of the Baroque on English PorcelainPubl. p. 43, no. 3143referencepublication-7966adlib-publication-79661a240a13-4b6b-35c9-9a27-a5c801619820Following Hercules, The story ofclassical artRef. Cf. An example then in the collection of Mr and Mrs T.D. Barclay, no. 254, illustrated pl. 5446referencepublication-2680adlib-publication-268014e0ae9b-8225-3775-8207-77fecb766539The English Ceramic Circle, 1927-1948: English Pottery and Porcelain. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museumreferencepublication-2714adlib-publication-271417f1e6d7-5774-3881-a2ae-c2350391ddbbEnglish Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth CenturyRef. For the Vincennes group of Hercules and Omphale, see p. 168, no. 486.168referencepublication-3134adlib-publication-31343aca7c2c-770f-3903-8496-0510265bed08Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de SèvresRef. For information concerning Charles Gouyn and 'Girl-in-a-Swing' figures14-21referencepublication-3133adlib-publication-3133cce08ca3-0329-377d-bb12-36eb6f5b97e3English Ceramics in French Archives, the writings of Jean Hellot, the adventures of Jacques Louis Brolliet, and the identification of the 'Girl-in-a-Swing' FactoryRef. For the engraving by Laurent Cars (1699-1771), see p. 463, no. 12.463referencepublication-3135adlib-publication-3135ff56a6e5-3391-39ee-a54c-4dbab6591f55Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire des fonds français graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, IIIreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococopeoplereferenceterm-111138adlib-term-111138fe746937-c514-36cb-966e-81e5b150ec7dgodpeoplereferenceterm-132733adlib-term-132733bd806a63-4aa7-3823-9f8d-ed22282e7b4egoddessliteralgodgodliteralgoddessgoddessreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupgreyish-white soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazedin partsreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingprobably lead-glazereferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Hercules and Omphaleobject
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