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Ulysses and the sirens
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1606-1669
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1504-1570
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Width: 31.4 cm
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p. 255, under no. 26
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Inscription: Recto: lower left on the plinth, brown ink, ‘AvD’ in monogram: 26 / TvT / AvD; lower margin, brown ink: Ulÿsse passe le destroit de scylla et de carybde, où six de ses gens sont devorez par des dragons; puis se faict lier / au maste du navire, afin d’eviter les charmes des Sereines. c’est un temoignage, que les dangers sont / toujours presents, où les entreprises se trouvent grandes, et qu’il faut que le corps se gesne soymesme pour vaincre / les voluptez, et les autres passions de l’ame. [Ulysses passes through the straits of Scylla and Charybdis, where six of his men were devoured by dragons; he then tied himself to the mast to avoid the charms of the Sirens. It is evidence that dangers are always present with major enterprises, and it is essential that one puts oneself to the trouble of conquering sensuality and other passions of the soul.]
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