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Ulysses receives alms from one of his servants

Maker

After
(artist)
1606-1669

After
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

Ulysses receives alms from one of his servants

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash over graphite, on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page; ink offset on verso from D.1948.XX.21.3.1

Dimensions

Height: 21 cm
Width: 31.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1948.XX.21.6.1

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. 277, under no. 35

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to see any in the drawing sheet; historic support, verso, right centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis (thin, with straight edges, and 's'-shaped curve at upper edge of shield)

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: TvT AvD; right of lower centre, brown ink: 35; lower margin, brown ink: Ulysse arrive en sa maison, et ÿ reçoit l’aumosne à la porte, de la main d’une servante; changement fascheux, / à dire vraÿ, mais qui tesmoigne; qu’un esprit habile à tout est ingenieux à se desguiser quand il le faut, et que rien / ne luÿ semble estrange, lors qu’il a quelque entreprise à executer. [Ulysses arrives home where he receives at the front door alms from a servant. A disagreeable change of fortune, to tell the truth, but which bears witness: a spirit agile at everything is skilful at disguising himself when necessary and does not feel at odds when he has to carry out some enterprise.]

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