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Odysseus washing his hands and feet

Maker

After
(artist)
1606-1669

After
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

Odysseus washing his hands and feet

Medium

Pen and black ink, grey wash, white chalk, over a black chalk counterproof, on laid paper, with an added strip of paper along the upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 35.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1948.XX.21.4.1

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. 294, under no. 43

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, 'AMD' in monogram: TvT. 43 AMD; lower margin, black ink: Ulÿsse se lave les mains, ayant faict pendre douze servantes et cette action donne de l’estonnement / à ceux qui la considerent. par où nous voyons, que n’est point severité d’executer ce qui est juste, ny de conserver le droict des / innocens par la punition des coupables. [Ulysses washes his hands after having caused twelve servants to be hung, and this action astonishes those who contemplated it. From which we see that it is not a question of inclemency to carry out what is just, nor to preserve the right of innocents by punishing the guilty.]

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