After triumphing over Melantheus, Ulysses is welcomed by his servants
Maker
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
After triumphing over Melantheus, Ulysses is welcomed by his servants
Medium
Pen and black ink with grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 31.3 cm
Width: 31.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.3.2
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.297, under no. 44.
A copy after the etching of Les Travaux d’Ulysse, pl. 44 (Hollstein 1949-2004, XXX, p. 119, no. 82; for the original fresco by Primaticcio, see Béguin, Guillaume and Roy 1985, pp. 296-97).
p.297, under no. 44.
A copy after the etching of Les Travaux d’Ulysse, pl. 44 (Hollstein 1949-2004, XXX, p. 119, no. 82; for the original fresco by Primaticcio, see Béguin, Guillaume and Roy 1985, pp. 296-97).
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: fleur-de-lis in a shield. Unable to identify further due to media interference.
Historic secondary support, Verso: left centre: a crowned shield, unable to see what it contains.
Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘ADM’ in monogram: TvT 44 ADM; lower margin, black ink: Euriclee nourrice d’Ulysse, advertit Penelope du Retour du prince son maistre, les domestiques duquel / le viennent tous saluër et nous apprennent par leur exemple; que le contentement des vrays serviteurs d’une maison ne / s’entretient que par la presence de leur maistre. [Eurycleia, Ulysses’ nurse, alerts Penelope to the return of the prince, her master, whose servants come together to rejoice and show that the happiness of the household’s true staff is only maintained by the presence of their master.]
Recto: lower left, black ink, ‘ADM’ in monogram: TvT 44 ADM; lower margin, black ink: Euriclee nourrice d’Ulysse, advertit Penelope du Retour du prince son maistre, les domestiques duquel / le viennent tous saluër et nous apprennent par leur exemple; que le contentement des vrays serviteurs d’une maison ne / s’entretient que par la presence de leur maistre. [Eurycleia, Ulysses’ nurse, alerts Penelope to the return of the prince, her master, whose servants come together to rejoice and show that the happiness of the household’s true staff is only maintained by the presence of their master.]
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