# The Punishment of Hercules [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 300 x 200 cm ## Commentary The Punishment of Hercules c. 1635 Oil on canvas, 300 x 200 cm Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna According to Ovid, as punishment for a murder he had committed, Hercules was bound to serve Queen Omphale for a year, wearing women's clothes and doing women's work. The picture shows the moment when Hercules is disarmed. The depiction of Hercules shows the effects of Pietro's studies of ancient sculptures in Rome. ## Related artworks - [Age of Bronze]() - [Age of Iron]() - [Apotheose of Aeneas \(detail\)]() - [Augustus and the Sibyl]() - [Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno]() - [Ceiling of the Galleria Pamphilj]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Ceiling painting]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()