Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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How is Bartholomaeus Spranger exploring gender identity in this work? What is the meaning of the iconography shown in this engraving of Hercules and Omphale?

Explore this work and learn about Flemish painter Bartholomeus Spranger, the leading court artist to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague (now Czech Republic), in this episode of the Masterpiece Minute podcast.

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