Angelica Kauffman, R.A. (Chur, Graubünden 1741-1807 Rome)

Telemachus at the Court of Sparta

Details

Angelica Kauffman, R.A. (Chur, Graubünden 1741-1807 Rome)
Telemachus at the Court of Sparta
oil on paper laid down on canvas
12 1/8 x 16 in. (30.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Two stipple engravings after Kauffman's painting by William Wynne Ryland are included in the lot.
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Provenance

with Central Picture Gallery, New York, where acquired by Leo Steinberg.

Exhibited

Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, January-July 2004, on loan.

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Lot Essay

The present study relates to the history painting of the same subject from The Odyssey that Kauffman exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1773. At the court of Sparta, Menelaus speaks of the suffering endured by Odysseus, causing Telemachus to weep for his lost father. On the right, Helen of Troy recognizes and identifies the young man as Odysseus' son.

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