0529HeraclesChoice

0529HeraclesChoice_Batoni2a

Lichtenstein Museum site
Xenophon Mem. 2.1.21-34

Pompeo Batoni, "The Choice of Hercules," 1748 Liechtenstein Collection, Vaduz, no. 161

According to Reid, Batoni's versions of this topic include

1742, Uffizi, no. 8547 (at Pitti) "1a"; copy at Walters no.1840, "1b"; 1748 Liechtenstein Collection, Vaduz no. 161, "2a"; early 1750's variant, Galleria Sabauda, Torino no. 471, "2b"; 1763 variant, Hermitage no. 4793, "2c".

An allegorical painting depicts a warrior woman in a helmet pointing to a pensive man seated next to a woman holding a flower

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