Salt Cellar with Hercules Motifs
c. 1550
Artists
Description
Hexagonal salt cellar with a profile portrait of "LA BELLE DIANIRA" on top and "IE SUIS EV RYSTHÉE" on the bottom. Each side is painted with scenes from the life and labours of Hercules: "HERC VINCIT LEON"; HERCULES ERCHLESEC (scene with bull); CERBERE LID... (Hydra); HERCULES VINCIT CACUS; HERCULES SVIS APELES; LA NATIVITE DE HERCULES"
Dimensions
6.67 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. Jessie Isidor Straus, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957
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