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Zephyrus pushing the ship of Ulysses

Maker

After
(artist)
1606-1669

After
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

Zephyrus pushing the ship of Ulysses

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite, on laid paper, with an added strip along the upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 36.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1948.XX.21.6.2

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. 231, under no. 14

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: on the prow of the ship at left, brown ink: TvT; lower left, brown ink: 14; lower margin, brown ink, ‘AMD’ in monogram: Ces navigateurs prennent la route de grece, et les vents continuent à leur estre favorable; cela nous faict voir, / qu’il se faut servir de l’occasion, quand elle s’accomode au dessein où l’on aspire, et que les biens ont leur suitte / tout de mesme que les maux. AMD [The sailors follow the route to Greece, for which the winds continue to be favourable. That makes us see that one must seize the chance when it fits the plan to which one aspires, and that the good has its sequel the same as the bad.] Added strip, recto: upper left, brown ink, ascenders cut off by trimming of upper edge: T. Van Thulden; upper left, graphite: 3.

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