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Ulysses, disguised as a beggar, recognised by his dog

Maker

After
(artist)
1606-1669

After
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

Ulysses, disguised as a beggar, recognised by his dog

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk or graphite, on laid paper. Adhered at all 4 corners to the album page; the upper corners also have an added strip underneath between the drawing sheet and the album page. Paper is very coarse.

Dimensions

Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 36.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1948.XX.21.1.1

Mode of Acquisition

Unknown, gift, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres (1847-1913) [his bookplate on inside cover]; by descent to David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres (1900-1975); by whom presented to The Courtauld, 13 August 1948

Literature

Béguin, Sylvie, Jean Guillaume and Alan Roy, La galerie d’Ulysse à Fontainebleau, Paris, 1985
p. 275, under no. 34

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to lift paper to check as all four corners are adhered to the album page.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, blank ink, 'AvD' in monogram, type 1: TVT 34 AvD; lower margin, black ink: Ulysse accompagné d’Eumée, et pauvrement habillé, s’achemine en sa maison, où son chien Argus le reconnoist / Apres cet example, il ne faut plus mettre en doute, que les animaux n’ayent un certain instinct, qui les rend / quelques fois plus ardans, que les hommes mesme a reconnoistre leurs bien facteurs. [Ulysses accompanied by Eumaeus, and shabbily dressed, directs his steps towards his house, where his dog Argus recognises him. As a result of this example, there can no longer be a question of doubting that animals have a certain instinct, which sometimes makes them more eager than men to recognize their benefactors.] Album Page, Recto: upper left, graphite: 61971 / 13.

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