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The Adventures of Ulysses

A work made of tempera on panel.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of tempera on panel.

Date:

1435/45

Artist:

Apollonio di Giovanni
Italian, 1415/17-1465

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 238

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Apollonio di Giovanni

Title

The Adventures of Ulysses

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1435–1445

Medium

Tempera on panel

Inscriptions

In white pigment, PVLIFEMO (three times on left), VLISSE (seven times in all, but on two occasions, above the scenes of Ulysses found by Nausicaa and Ulysses meeting Irus, very rubbed), [ER]ME, INACO, and PENOLOPE (twice)

Dimensions

42 × 131.7 cm (16 3/4 × 51 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Reference Number

1933.1006

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