Salt Cellar with Hercules Motifs

Artists

Description

Hexagonal salt cellar with a profile portrait of "LA BELLE DIANIRA" on bottom and "HERCULES" on the top. Each side is painted with scenes from the life and labours of Hercules: "HERC V:ANTEE (with dragon)"; HERCULES (Atlas figure); LE RAVICEMA N D E DIANIRA (Rape of Dianira); HERCULES (surrounded by flames with a temple in the distance); HERCULES VINCCIT PILOTVS; and H:V CERCBERE CANE"

Dimensions

sight: 7 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Jessie Isidor Straus, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957