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Ulysses and Epeus Debating the Construction of the Trojan Horse,

ca. 1693

Samuel Bottschild, 1641–1706; born Sangerhausen, Germany; died Dresden, Germany
2021-123

Information

Title
Ulysses and Epeus Debating the Construction of the Trojan Horse
Dates

ca. 1693

Maker
Samuel Bottschild
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
26.3 × 46.3 cm (10 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2021-123
Signatures
Signed and inscribed in brown ink, lower left: Samuel Botschild. Inv. et del.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black ink, lower right: BJ [monogram] [Lugt 381a]
Culture
German
Type
preparatory drawings, drawings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
mythology, figures (representations)

Boguslaw Jolles (?-1912), Dresden and Vienna, acquired after 1870;

sold at auction, Hugo Helbing, Munich, October 28-31, 1895 (no. 75 in auction catalogue Collection B. Jolles);

Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany;

seized by Nazis in 1939;

sold at auction, Adolf Weinmüller, Munich, March 9-10, 1939, no. 121;

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inv. no. GL 3516;

restituted to the heirs of Michael Merolzheimer in 2014;

acquired by Arnoldi-Livie, Munich;

purchased by Princeton University Art Museum

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