Ulysses and Penelope embracing
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses and Penelope embracing
Medium
Pen and black ink, black wash, white chalk, on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.2 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.22.1
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. 301, under no. 46
p. 301, under no. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 46 TvT AvD; lower margin, black ink: penelope saute au col de son marÿ, / et par son action luÿ donne de visibles demonstrations de sa joÿe et de son / Amour; marque evident, qu’il n’est non plus possible à une vraÿe amitié de n’esclatter pas, qu’à un grand feu de / demeurer caché sous la cendre. [Penelope throws her arms around her husband’s neck, and by this action gives him visible proof of her joy and her love. An obvious sign that it is no more possible for a true friendship not to burst forth, than for a great fire to remain hidden under the ash.]
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 46 TvT AvD; lower margin, black ink: penelope saute au col de son marÿ, / et par son action luÿ donne de visibles demonstrations de sa joÿe et de son / Amour; marque evident, qu’il n’est non plus possible à une vraÿe amitié de n’esclatter pas, qu’à un grand feu de / demeurer caché sous la cendre. [Penelope throws her arms around her husband’s neck, and by this action gives him visible proof of her joy and her love. An obvious sign that it is no more possible for a true friendship not to burst forth, than for a great fire to remain hidden under the ash.]
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