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LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book IV: Telemachus meets Menelaus, Dream of Penelope / vv. 759-767: Penelope prays to Minerva to protect Telemachus from the suitors' plot
Modern / Fénelon, François / Les Avantures de Télémaque / Individual scenes / Miscellaneous

Further details

According to ArtUK 'the artist may have used François Fénélon’s 'Les Aventures de Télémaque', published in 1699, as a source for the picture', but this scene does not appear in Fénélon's novel

Artist or creator

Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807)

Date

1774

Location

Stourton, Stourhead (inv. 732292)

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Web resources

ArtUK (Public Catalogues Foundation)

Rights and Permissions

For a larger reproduction and/or permission to reproduce please contact the Courtauld Institute of Art. A larger reproduction can also be consulted in the Warburg Institute Photographic Collection

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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