Ulysses meeting his father Laertes in the vineyard
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses meeting his father Laertes in the vineyard
Medium
Point of brush and black ink (applied dry), grey wash, pen and brown ink, on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page
Dimensions
Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.13.2
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. 317, under no. 53
p. 317, under no. 53
Inscriptions
Watermark: shield containing fleur-de-lis / WR [monogram].
Historic support, verso, right centre: shield containing fleur-de-lis (narrow shield, with straight edges).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: .AvD. / TvT 53; lower margin, brown ink: Ulÿsse se faict reconnoistre à son pere, qui l’entretient de quelques fruicts particuliers de son jardin, et luÿ re[met] / en memoire, que les p p le plaisirs les plus innocens sont ceux qui se prennent à la campagne, loing du tumulte / des villes. [Ulysses makes himself known to his father, who speaks to him about several fruits specific to his garden, which recalls to him that the most innocent pleasures take place in the countryside, far away from the bustle of the city.]
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: .AvD. / TvT 53; lower margin, brown ink: Ulÿsse se faict reconnoistre à son pere, qui l’entretient de quelques fruicts particuliers de son jardin, et luÿ re[met] / en memoire, que les p p le plaisirs les plus innocens sont ceux qui se prennent à la campagne, loing du tumulte / des villes. [Ulysses makes himself known to his father, who speaks to him about several fruits specific to his garden, which recalls to him that the most innocent pleasures take place in the countryside, far away from the bustle of the city.]
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