Ulysses and Penelope on their way to bed
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses and Penelope on their way to bed
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite, on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page
Dimensions
Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.12.2
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. 304, under no. 47
p. 304, under no. 47
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily (does not appear to be a '4' underneath; does appear to be a small letter, a 'V' or 'WR' monogram, but too obscured by media to see clearly).
Historic support, verso, right centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis (narrow shield with straight edges).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT 47 .AvD; lower margin, brown ink: L’on mene coucher Uÿysse et penelope, qui sont ravis d’aise de se revoir apres une longue separation. La felicité / de ces amans peut faire juger à leurs semblables; que toutes les peines qu’ils ont souffertes se changent / en mutuelles delices par le recouvrement de la chose aimée. [Ulysses and Penelope, led to bed, are delighted to see one another again after such a long separation. The happiness of these lovers can help us judge their peers/counterparts: that all the pain they have suffered is changed into mutual pleasure on the recovery of the loved object.]
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT 47 .AvD; lower margin, brown ink: L’on mene coucher Uÿysse et penelope, qui sont ravis d’aise de se revoir apres une longue separation. La felicité / de ces amans peut faire juger à leurs semblables; que toutes les peines qu’ils ont souffertes se changent / en mutuelles delices par le recouvrement de la chose aimée. [Ulysses and Penelope, led to bed, are delighted to see one another again after such a long separation. The happiness of these lovers can help us judge their peers/counterparts: that all the pain they have suffered is changed into mutual pleasure on the recovery of the loved object.]
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