Ulysses Revealing Himself to Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinous

Claude Gellée, Artist François Vivarès, Artist Arthur Pond, Publisher
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Ulysses Revealing Himself to Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinous

ca. 1742

Claude Gellée (Artist) French, 1600-1682 François Vivarès (Artist) French, 1709-1780 Arthur Pond (Publisher) English, 1705-1758

Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate: 12 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (31.1 × 40.3 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 22 1/8 inches (41.9 × 56.2 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1202

This work is in the public domain.

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Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Vivares Sculp. Inscribed, lower left: Claudio Gillee Lorenese pinx 1656. Inscribed, center lower margin: In the Collection of Sr: Wm: Morice Bart: Inscribed, left center: Publish'd by A: Pond Octr: 25th 1742. Inscribed, right center: 3 feet 3 inch 1/2 wide. // 2 feet 5 inch high. Inscribed, in pencil, lower left edge of sheet: (Claude Lorraine.) | in ink: No 1202. Ulysses discovering himself to Nausicaa daughter of Alcinous. By - Francis Vivares.

Watermark: heraldic design with four circles in center

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September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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François Vivarès; after Claude Gellée, Ulysses Revealing Himself to Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinous, ca. 1742, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1202.

Ulysses Revealing Himself to Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinous
Ulysses Revealing Himself to Nausicaa, Daughter of Alcinous