Ulysses sacrificing to the gods
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses sacrificing to the gods
Medium
Pen and black ink with grey and black wash over traces of graphite (confirmed under microscope) on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.19.2
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. 204, under no. 2
p. 204, under no. 2
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily.
Historic support, Verso: possibly at left centre, but obscured by heavy media offset on verso.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 2 AvD TvT; lower margin, black ink: Apres l’heureux succes de son entreprise, ulysse rend des actions de graces aux dieux, et leur sacrifie pour son retour; bel exemple à un general / d’armée, qui est advisé par là; que de toutes les entr[previous word struck through] entreprises qu’il faict, et de celles qu’il a glorieusement exécutées, il en doit au ciel une religieuse reco / nnaissance [After the happy success of his enterprise, Ulysses renders prayers to the gods and makes a sacrifice for his return. Good example to an army general, who is advised thus that for all the enterprises he undertakes and which he triumphantly carried out, he owes a religious acknowledgement to heaven.]
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 2 AvD TvT; lower margin, black ink: Apres l’heureux succes de son entreprise, ulysse rend des actions de graces aux dieux, et leur sacrifie pour son retour; bel exemple à un general / d’armée, qui est advisé par là; que de toutes les entr[previous word struck through] entreprises qu’il faict, et de celles qu’il a glorieusement exécutées, il en doit au ciel une religieuse reco / nnaissance [After the happy success of his enterprise, Ulysses renders prayers to the gods and makes a sacrifice for his return. Good example to an army general, who is advised thus that for all the enterprises he undertakes and which he triumphantly carried out, he owes a religious acknowledgement to heaven.]
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