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Telemachus Plunges into the Sea
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Telemachus Plunges into the Sea

Bernard Picart · 1732 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Mentor pushes Telemachus off a rock and jumps after him. In the background burns the ship that Mentor built. The nymphs watch and can no longer prevent them from escaping the island. In the margin a two-line inscription in French.

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Credit lineTelemachus stort in zee. 1732. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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