Iconography

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Cycles / 1450 (circa) - Cracow, Wawel, Cassone (formerly Vienna, Lanckoronski collection, Apollonio di Giovanni)
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XVII: Ulysses, disguised as a beggar, returns to his palace / vv. 291-327: Ulysses is recognised by his dog Argos who dies for joy
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XVIII: Ulysses, still disguised as beggar, defeats Irus / vv. 95-100: Ulysses beats Irus in a fistfight arranged by the suitors
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XIX: Ulysses speaks incognito with Penelope and is recognised by Euryclea / vv. 386-394, 467-505: Euryclea washes Ulysses's feet, recognises him by his scar, and promises to keep his secret
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XXII: Punishment of the suitors and unfaithful servants / Ulysses kills the suitors (no particular moment depicted)
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Scenes without a clear textual source / Penelope weaving or undoing the shroud of Laertes (referred to in Book IV, vv. 94-109, and Book XIX, vv. 137-154) / Penelope weaving alone

Further details

Second panel, part of right half; both Euryclea (background) and the shot suitors (foreground) are cut off in this photo

Artist or creator

Apollonio di Giovanni (Dido Master, born 1415 or 1417, died 1465)

Date

15th century (middle)

Location

Cracow, Zamek Królewski na Wawelu, Panstwowe Zbiory Sztuki (formerly Vienna, collection Count Lanckoronski)

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Paul Schubring, Cassoni, Truhen und Truhenbilder der italienischen Frührenaissance, Supplement, Leipzig 1923, pp. 275-276, nos. 245-252; Ellen Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni, Oxford 1974, p. 67, no. 34

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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