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Ulysses welcomed by Dolios and his sons

Maker

(artist)
1606-1669

After
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

Ulysses welcomed by Dolios and his sons

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite 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

Accession Number

D.1948.XX.21.22.2

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. 319, under no. 54

Inscriptions

Watermark: none discernible. Historic support, verso, right centre: crowned shield with straight edges containing fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 54 TvT AvD; lower margin, brown ink: Les parens d’Ulysse le viennent saluër chez son pere, et se resjouÿssent de son retour. C’est un tesmoignage; / Que les amitiez bien fondés se renforcent par la presence de la personne que nous aimons, comme par / celle du Soliel [sic], les fleurs et le plantes reprennent une nouvelle vigueur. [Ulysses’ relations come to greet him in his father’s house and rejoice in his return; this is a testimony that well-established friendships are reinforced by the presence of those we love, as, through that of the sun, flowers and plants are reinvigorated.]

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