Ulysses and Telemachus on their way to Ulysses’s father Laertes
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses and Telemachus on their way to Ulysses’s father Laertes
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, white chalk, with added black ink (this follows the contours of the figures, and is smudged or lifted in areas, suggesting it was applied for the purpose of transferring), on blue laid paper; light red chalk offset on verso
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 36.3 cm
Width: 36.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.13.1
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. 313, under no. 51
p. 313, under no. 51
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto (all in a brown ink that is darker than that of the drawing): lower left: .TvT. 51; lower centre, in monogram: AvD; lower margin: Ulÿsse sort de la ville, pour s’en aller voir son pere Laertes. ce qu’il faict à la faveur de minerve, qui l’enve / lope d’un nuage; et avecque luÿ Telemachus Eumée et Philexius. par où nous est enseigné, Qu’en / vain nous travaillons pour la gloïre, si l’aÿant acquise noús n’en tesmoignons la reconnoissance à / ceux qui en sont la cause, pour nous avoir mis au monde. [Ulysses leaves the city in order to go and see his father Laertes. This he has done with the approval of Minerva, who hides him in a cloud, as well as Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philexius. By which we learn that we work in vain for glory, if, having acquired it, we do not show gratitude to those who are its cause, through having brought us into the world.]
Inscription: Recto (all in a brown ink that is darker than that of the drawing): lower left: .TvT. 51; lower centre, in monogram: AvD; lower margin: Ulÿsse sort de la ville, pour s’en aller voir son pere Laertes. ce qu’il faict à la faveur de minerve, qui l’enve / lope d’un nuage; et avecque luÿ Telemachus Eumée et Philexius. par où nous est enseigné, Qu’en / vain nous travaillons pour la gloïre, si l’aÿant acquise noús n’en tesmoignons la reconnoissance à / ceux qui en sont la cause, pour nous avoir mis au monde. [Ulysses leaves the city in order to go and see his father Laertes. This he has done with the approval of Minerva, who hides him in a cloud, as well as Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philexius. By which we learn that we work in vain for glory, if, having acquired it, we do not show gratitude to those who are its cause, through having brought us into the world.]
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