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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

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

<p>Boguslaw Jolles (?-1912), Dresden and Vienna, acquired after 1870; </p><p>sold at auction, Hugo Helbing, Munich, October 28-31, 1895 (no. 75 in auction catalogue Collection B. Jolles); </p><p>Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; </p><p>seized by Nazis in 1939; </p><p>sold at auction, Adolf Weinmüller, Munich, March 9-10, 1939, no. 121; </p><p>Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inv. no. GL 3516; </p><p>restituted to the heirs of Michael Merolzheimer in 2014; </p><p>acquired by Arnoldi-Livie, Munich;</p><p>purchased by Princeton University Art Museum</p>