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Salt Cellar with Hercules Motifs
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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"
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Mrs. Jessie Isidor Straus gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1957
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus in memory of her husband Jesse Isidor Straus Class of 1893
Title: Salt Cellar with Hercules Motifs
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".
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