3 Antique Prints-TELEMACHUS-GREEK MYTHOLOGY-TRAVELS-Folkema-Fenelon-1715

“Mentor werpt Telemachus van een rots en springt bij hem”, “Venus daalt neder om Netunis (?)”, “Mentor spreekt Nestor van vrede in tegenwoordigheit van het leger” – These prints show three images of the Greek Telemachus. On the first print we see Mentor throwing Telemachus from a rock in the sea and jumping after him. Ships in the background. In the second print we see Venus coming down in a cloud with chariot praying Neptune to make thunder, so Telemachus won’t reach Ithaca. In the third picture we see Mentor speaking to Nestor about peace when the army can be seen in the background. Telemachus in Greek mythology, is the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who is a central character in Homer’s Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his return to Ithaca, he found that Odysseus had reached home before him from the Trojan war.

Description

‘”Mentor werpt Telemachus van een rots en springt bij hem”, “Venus daalt neder om Netunis (?)”, “Mentor spreekt Nestor van vrede in tegenwoordigheit van het leger”‘

Etching on handlaid paper.
Sheet size: 12 x 19,9 cm. (4,7 x 7,8 inch). Image size: 8,6 x 14 cm. (3,4 x 5,5 inch).

This attractive print was published in a book by Fran?ois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon (French, more commonly known as Fran?ois Fenelon (6 August 1651 ? 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699. This Dutch edition “De gevallen van Telemachus zoone van Ulysses” was published in 1715.

Made by ‘Jacob Folkema’ after an anonymous artist. Jacob Folkema (1692-1767) was a Dutch engraver (printmaker), draftsman, reproduction engraver.

Condition: Good, given age. Pinholes upper margin. Crinkles in paper. Text in upper margin just above the plate been scratched away. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: TELEMACHUS-GREEK MYTHOLOGY-TRAVELS-MENTOR-NESTOR-VENUS-NEPTUNE-PEACE-THUNDER

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