Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso
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Artist | Angelica Kauffman |
Year | 1782 |
Medium | oil paint |
Dimensions | 82.6 cm × 112.4 cm (32.5 in × 44.3 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession | 25.110.188 |
Website | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso is an oil painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kauffman, from 1782. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]
Early history and creation
This painting and The Sorrow of Telemachus were painted for Monsignor Onorato Caetani (1742-1797) [it]. They show scenes from the French novel The Adventures of Telemachus published by François Fénelon in 1699, and based on the story of Telemachus, son of Odysseus.[1][2][3]
Description and interpretation
The work depicts the arrival of Telemachus on Ogygia, Calypso's island. He is welcomed by her nymphs with fruit, wine and flowers. The goddess Athena had been his guide, disguised as the old man Mentor, and is shown being led away to the left by the nymphs.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "The Sorrow of Telemachus". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ a b Baetjer, Katharine (2009). "Angelika Kauffmann". British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 138–142. ISBN 9781588393487. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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- List of paintings
- Portrait of Winckelmann (1764)
- Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus (1774)
- Hector Summoning Paris to Battle (1775)
- Sappho Inspired by Love (1775)
- The Parting of Abelard and Heloise (1770s)
- Jupiter Disguised as Diana Seducing Callisto (c. 1766-1781)
- Cupid and Ganymede (1782)
- Ferdinand I and His Family (1782)
- Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso (1782)
- The Sorrow of Telemachus (1783)
- Self-Portrait (1784)
- Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia (1788)
- Venus Persuading Helen to Love Paris (1790)
- Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1796)
- Cupid and the Graces (1770s)
- Joseph Johann Kauffmann (father)
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