The Story of Telemachus
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top: Telemachus seated beside Calypso upon a bench tells her about his travels. The setting shows a rocky valley; Mentor leans against slope at the left. Caption to the right:
label: Description
content: "3 Talemaco raonta li suoi/ viaggi a Calipso dea." [3 Telemachus tells his / trip to the goddess Calypso]
label: Description
content: In the left margin: sketch: enthroned Calypso listens to Telemachus, standing with Mentor before her at left. Written in right margin:
label: Description
content: "Felice/chi/termina la sua/ vita in eta/ vechia come / fece Timoleone/ ad corinto".
label: Description
content: Bottom: a bearded priest of Apollo, who is seated upon a stone step having beside him a lyre and a roll of paper, gives a book to Telemachus, who stands at left. A part of the temple is shown. Caption:
label: Description
content: "4 Talemaco riceve un libro dall/ sacerdote di Apollo" [4 Talemaco receives a book from / priest of Apollo]
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3398
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.2 x 20.5 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)