Circle of Augustinus Terwesten (1649-1711)

Jupiter striking Ulysses' Boat with a Thunderbolt, Helios riding his chariot in the background

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Circle of Augustinus Terwesten (1649-1711)
Jupiter striking Ulysses' Boat with a Thunderbolt, Helios riding his chariot in the background
inscribed 'Hoe dat Jupiter het Schip van Ulisses met onweer troft én doet vergaan om dat zÿn gesellen...offer gegeten hadden' and numbered 'N^o 3'
black lead, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper, brown ink framing lines, losses
445 x 555 mm.

Provenance

Mauerbach Benefit Sale, Christie's, Vienna, 29 October 1996, lot 14, illustrated (ATS27,600).

Lot Essay

Comparable to the artist's design for a ceiling now in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, R. Colella et al., Götter und Helden für Berlin, Gemälde und Zeichnungen von Augustin und Matthäus Terwesten, exhib. cat., Berlin, 1995, no. 73, illustrated.

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