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Brown wash drawing of a sleeping young man on a ship's deck, a spear-carrying warrior beside him, and a nude woman in a cloud chariot above the sea.

The Dream of Telemachus, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 4

A brown wash drawing shows a helmeted, armored warrior with a spear standing on a ship's deck beside a sleeping young man. A nude woman in a chariot drawn by clouds and a cherub float above the sea, while armed figures crowd the stern at left under a billowing sail.

Artist
Bartolomeo Pinelli
Date
1808
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on board
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1414 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1808).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund