The sorrow of Telemachus

Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1783
Height:
83.2 cm  (32 3/4 in.)
Width:
114.3 cm  (45 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 25.110.187]

Description

Telemachus, his companion Mentor, and Calypso seated at a table; Calypso motioning her nymphs to be silent; three nymphs on the left side singing and holding musical instruments: a tambourine, a lyre (seven strings) in the shape of a kithara, and triangled harp (six strings).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]
Harp [3285]
Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3729