Tiresias drinking the blood of the victims
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Tiresias drinking the blood of the victims
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite, on laid paper, with an added strip along the upper edge; the image only covers about one third of the sheet
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 36 cm
Width: 36 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.12.1
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, gift, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
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. 249, under no. 23
p. 249, under no. 23
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT 23 AvD; lower margin, black ink: Tÿresias ayant boü du sang des victimes, instruict Ulÿsse sur ce qu’il doit faire pour son retour, comme si par ces / advis il luÿ vouloit déclarer; que ce n’est pas tout de s’engager dans les grandes entreprises, mais qu’il faut penser / aux moyens de sen tirer honorablement. [Tiresias, having drunk the blood of the victims, tells Ulysses what he must do on his return, as if by this advice he wishes to make known to him, that it is not everything to engage in great enterprises but one must think of means to get out of them honourably.]
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT 23 AvD; lower margin, black ink: Tÿresias ayant boü du sang des victimes, instruict Ulÿsse sur ce qu’il doit faire pour son retour, comme si par ces / advis il luÿ vouloit déclarer; que ce n’est pas tout de s’engager dans les grandes entreprises, mais qu’il faut penser / aux moyens de sen tirer honorablement. [Tiresias, having drunk the blood of the victims, tells Ulysses what he must do on his return, as if by this advice he wishes to make known to him, that it is not everything to engage in great enterprises but one must think of means to get out of them honourably.]
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