Ulysses shooting at Antinous
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
Ulysses shooting at Antinous
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.24.2
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, gift
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, 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. 288 under no. 40
p. 288 under no. 40
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: lower right, black ink: 40 TvT; lower margin, black ink: Ulÿsse se donne à connoistre aux Amans de penelope, et tuë Antinous comme il beuvoit. par où nous sommes / advertis, qu’apres une longue patience, il y a de la justice à chastier la temerité de ceux qui nous offencent injustement / ADM [Ulysses makes himself known to Penelope’s lovers, and kills Antinous as he drinks. By this we are taught that after much forbearance, there is justice in punishing the temerity of those who offend us unjustly.]
Inscription: lower right, black ink: 40 TvT; lower margin, black ink: Ulÿsse se donne à connoistre aux Amans de penelope, et tuë Antinous comme il beuvoit. par où nous sommes / advertis, qu’apres une longue patience, il y a de la justice à chastier la temerité de ceux qui nous offencent injustement / ADM [Ulysses makes himself known to Penelope’s lovers, and kills Antinous as he drinks. By this we are taught that after much forbearance, there is justice in punishing the temerity of those who offend us unjustly.]
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