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Ulysses sacrificing to the gods

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.]

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