The Sorrow of Telemachus

The Sorrow of Telemachus
Artist Angelica Kauffman Edit this on Wikidata
Year 1783
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 83.2 cm (32.8 in) × 114.3 cm (45.0 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No. 25.110.187 Edit this on Wikidata
Identifiers The Met object ID: 436809

The Sorrow of Telemachus is a 1783 oil painting by Angelica Kauffman. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Early history and creation

This painting and Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso were painted for Monsignor Onorato Caetani (1742-1797). 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

Telemachus was shipwrecked off Calypso's island, and in this image she tells her nymphs to stop singing Odysseus' praises because of his son's grief.[3]

Other versions

Kauffman painted two other versions of this work: in 1788 (held by the Bündner Museum of Art in Chur, Switzerland, and in 1789 (sold by Christie's in London in April 1998).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Sorrow of Telemachus". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. ↑ "Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  3. 1 2 Baetjer, Katharine (2009). "Angelika Kauffmann". British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. pp. 138–142. ISBN 9781588393487. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Angelica Kauffman, R.A. (1741-1807): The Sorrow of Telemachus on the Island of Calypso". Sale 5939: British Pictures: 8 April 1998: London, King Street. Christie's. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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