Telemachus Searching for Ulysses in the Underworld, Book 18
A helmeted, nude warrior with a sword and round shield strides across a barren plain in the foreground. Above, a swirling mass of pale, writhing figures fills a dark sky, while small armed groups and scattered bodies lie beyond, drawn in pen, ink and brown wash.
- Artist
- Bartolomeo Pinelli
- Date
- 1808
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on board
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1416 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1808).
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Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund