\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The mythological theme of the love between Hercules and Omphale is used as a pretext for an erotic scene of undisguised sens
uality, that proved to be an example of a genre that was favored by the nobility of the eighteenth century. The composition is rendered more lively by the presence of two cupids, playing with HerculesÆs attributes, the lion skin and the spindle.