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A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Francis Danby, A.R.A.

Telemachus and Mentor in the Bay of Calypso

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July 6, 02:16 PM GMT

Estimate

400 - 600 GBP

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A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka

Follower of Francis Danby, A.R.A.

Wexford 1793 - 1861 Exmouth

Telemachus and Mentor in the Bay of Calypso


Oil on panel

425 by 612 mm

With Agnew's, London (as Francis Danby),
where acquired by the late owners 
Telemachus was the son of Odysseus, while Mentor was the Ithacan hero's old friend. They are seen here meeting the nymph Calypso, who had previously held Odysseus captive on her island for seven years.